Uncanny but not confusing: Multisite study of perceptual category confusion in the Uncanny Valley

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Highlights:

• Category confusion aversion has been suggested to explain Uncanny Valley (UV) reactions.

• We precisely estimated the UV's shape and the robot/human boundary location.

• The robot/human category boundary existed but was distant from the UV itself.

• We found that category confusion is not a viable explanation for the UV effect.

摘要

•Category confusion aversion has been suggested to explain Uncanny Valley (UV) reactions.•We precisely estimated the UV's shape and the robot/human boundary location.•The robot/human category boundary existed but was distant from the UV itself.•We found that category confusion is not a viable explanation for the UV effect.

论文关键词:Uncanny valley,Human-robot interaction,Psychology,Social interaction,Categorical perception

论文评审过程:Received 27 June 2019, Revised 22 August 2019, Accepted 30 August 2019, Available online 18 September 2019, Version of Record 25 September 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.029