Facial expression of emotion and perception of the Uncanny Valley in virtual characters

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 741-749

  Tinwell, Angela ^a   Grimshaw, Mark ^a   Nabi, Debbie Abdel ^a   Williams, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characters; Emotion; Facial expression; Realism; Uncanny Valley; Video games

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; REALISM; UNCANNY VALLEY; VIDEO GAMES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LANDFORMS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79551472973     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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