The uncanny valley: Effect of realism on the impression of artificial human faces

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-351

  Seyama, Jun'ichiro ^a   Nagayama, Ruth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Japan   (Japan)

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EID: 34547650886     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.16.4.337     Document Type: Article

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