Monkeys (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Monkeys

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Realistic-looking robots and computer avatars often spur negative responses in humans. Princeton University scientists showed monkeys these computer-generated images of monkeys and saw a similar response. Monkeys, they found, also are unsettled by images that are realistic but synthetic, a response known as the "uncanny valley" effect.

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Courtesy of Shawn Steckenfinger

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