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Unreasonable Facsimile

US News | Science Discoveries by U.S. News and World Report

Dec 14, 20091:30Science & Medicine

Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." That twist is that monkeys experience the same exact feeling. The un...

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Unreasonable Facsimile is an episode from US News | Science Discoveries by U.S. News and World Report. Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "un...

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Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." That twist is that monkeys experience the same exact feeling. The uncanny valley describes that disquieting feeling that occurs when viewers look at representations designed to be as human-like as possible.

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Published Dec 14, 2009 and 1:30 long