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Interaction Studies
Vol. 16:2 (2015) ► pp.180–185

Is the uncanny valley a universal or individual response?

| University of Bolton, UK |
Keywords: Uncanny Valley, human-like characters, realism, perception, facial expression, anti-social-personality-disorders, psychopathy, narcissism
Article outline
  • 1Uncanny fear
  • 2Narcissism versus vulnerability
  • References
Published online: 26 November 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/is.16.2.03tin
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