Virtual Faces Evoke Only a Weak Uncanny Valley Effect: An Empirical Investigation With Controlled Virtual Face Images

Perception. 2019 Oct;48(10):968-991. doi: 10.1177/0301006619869134. Epub 2019 Aug 31.

Authors

Jari Kätsyri¹, Beatrice de Gelder², Tapio Takala³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland.
² Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland.

PMID: 31474183
DOI: 10.1177/0301006619869134

No abstract available

Keywords: animacy perception; face perception; social cognition; uncanny valley hypothesis.

MeSH terms

Adult
Facial Recognition*
Female
Humans
Male
Recognition, Psychology*
Virtual Reality*
Young Adult