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The Uncanny Valley Explained - Why Robots, Dolls and Mannequins are Creepy The Uncanny Valley is a common unsettling, anxious, creepy feeling people experience when androids, robots, dolls ...

The concept of the uncanny valley was first coined by roboticist Masahiro Mori in 1970. In an essay, Mori proposed that robots become more likable as they gain humanlike qualities (think WALL-E).

Some of these representations may be creepy but not in the uncanny valley sense. None would fool the eye or trick the mind into thinking they are real.

We find this scary for the same reason the Uncanny Valley says we should dislike clowns — because the character moves in an almost (but not quite) human-like way.

The list of uncanny valley examples in film and television goes on, most likely because movement intensifies the effect, according to Mori. Movement is crucial to our behavior, yet extremely difficult ...