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Research ArticleResearch Article: New Research, Cognition and Behavior

A Naturalistic Dynamic Monkey Head Avatar Elicits Species-Typical Reactions and Overcomes the Uncanny Valley

Ramona Siebert, Nick Taubert, Silvia Spadacenta, Peter W. Dicke, Martin A. Giese and Peter Thier
eNeuro 8 June 2020, 7 (4) ENEURO.0524-19.2020; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0524-19.2020
Ramona Siebert
1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
3Graduate School of Neural and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
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Nick Taubert
1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
2Section for Computational Sensomotorics, Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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Silvia Spadacenta
1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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Peter W. Dicke
1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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Martin A. Giese
1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
2Section for Computational Sensomotorics, Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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Peter Thier
1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0524-19.2020
PubMed 
32513660
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History 
  • Received December 12, 2019
  • Revision received March 31, 2020
  • Accepted April 2, 2020
  • Published online June 8, 2020.
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Copyright © 2020 Siebert et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

Author Information

  1. Ramona Siebert1,3,
  2. Nick Taubert1,2,
  3. Silvia Spadacenta1,
  4. Peter W. Dicke1,
  5. Martin A. Giese1,2 and
  6. Peter Thier1
  1. 1Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
  2. 2Section for Computational Sensomotorics, Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
  3. 3Graduate School of Neural and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Peter Thier at thier{at}uni-tuebingen.de or Ramona Siebert at ramona.siebert{at}uni-tuebingen.de.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: R.S., M.A.G., and P.T. designed research; R.S., N.T., S.S., and P.W.D. performed research; R.S. analyzed data; R.S., N.T., S.S., P.W.D., M.A.G., and P.T. wrote the paper.

  2. * M.A.G. and P.T. contributed equally for the work.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft Grant TH 425/12-2, the Human Frontier Science Program Grant RGP0036/2016, the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Grant FKZ 01GQ1704, and Baden-Württemberg Stiftung Grant NEU007/1 KONSENS-NHE.

Funding

  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

    TH 425/12-2
  • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)

    RGP0036/2016
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

    FKZ 01GQ1704
  • BW-Stiftung

    NEU007/1 KONSENS-NHE

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eNeuro 8 June 2020, 7 (4) ENEURO.0524-19.2020; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0524-19.2020

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