The uncanny advantage of using androids in cognitive and social science research*

Interaction Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-337

  MacDorman, Karl F ^a   Ishiguro, Hiroshi ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Android science; Automatic responses; Masahiro Mori; Philosophy of science; Uncanny valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903958802     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.7.3.03mac     Document Type: Article

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