In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object’s resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object.
Still objects
- industrial robot 0%
- stuffed animal 30%
- corpse -30%
- prosthetic leg -5%
Moving objects
- industrial robot 0%
- humanoid 40%
- zombie -70%
- healthy person 100%
Theoretical basis
- mate selection
- mortality salience
- pathogen avoidance
Benc Tan 