K. MacDorman

Publications
Influence

Too real for comfort? Uncanny responses to computer generated faces

K. MacDorman, R. Green, C. Ho, C. Koch
Psychology, Computer Science
Comput. Hum. Behav.
1 May 2009

This paper proposes several perceptual, cognitive, and social mechanisms that have already helped address riddles like empathy, mate selection, threat avoidance, cognitive dissonance. Expand

The Uncanny Valley [From the Field]

M. Mori, K. MacDorman, Norri Kageki
Engineering, Computer Science
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
6 June 2012

Masahiro Mori, a robotics professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, wrote an essay on how he envisioned people's reactions to a humanlike robot would abruptly shift from empathy to revulsion as it approached, but failed to attain, a lifelike appearance. Expand

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

K. MacDorman, H. Ishiguro
Psychology
15 November 2006

The development of robots that closely resemble human beings can contribute to cognitive research. An android provides an experimental apparatus that has the potential to be controlled more precisely… Expand

Revisiting the uncanny valley theory: Developing and validating an alternative to the Godspeed indices

C. Ho, K. MacDorman
Psychology, Computer Science
Comput. Hum. Behav.
1 November 2010

Mori (1970) proposed a hypothetical graph describing a nonlinear relation between a character's degree of human likeness and the emotional response of the human perceiver. Expand

Subjective Ratings of Robot Video Clips for Human Likeness , Familiarity , and Eeriness : An Exploration of the Uncanny Valley

K. MacDorman
2006

Masahiro Mori observed that as robots come to look more humanlike, they seem more familiar, until a point is reached at which subtle deviations from human norms cause them to look creepy. He referred… Expand

Does Japan really have robot mania? Comparing attitudes by implicit and explicit measures

K. MacDorman, Sandosh K. Vasudevan, C. Ho
Psychology, Computer Science
AI & SOCIETY
15 October 2008

Japan has more robots than any other country with robots contributing to many areas of society, including manufacturing, healthcare, and entertainment. Expand

Human emotion and the uncanny valley: A GLM, MDS, and Isomap analysis of robot video ratings

C. Ho, K. MacDorman, Z. Pramono
Psychology, Computer Science
3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human…
12 March 2008

This study applies regression, the generalized linear model (GLM), factor analysis, multidimensional scaling (MDS), and kernel isometric mapping to analyze ratings of 27 emotions of 18 moving figures whose appearance varies along a human likeness continuum. Expand

Reducing consistency in human realism increases the uncanny valley effect; increasing category uncertainty does not

K. MacDorman, D. Chattopadhyay
Psychology, Medicine
Cognition
2016

Human replicas may elicit unintended cold, eerie feelings in viewers, an effect known as the uncanny valley. Masahiro Mori, who proposed the effect in 1970, attributed it to inconsistencies in the… Expand

Cognitive developmental robotics as a new paradigm for the design of humanoid robots

M. Asada, K. MacDorman, H. Ishiguro, Y. Kuniyoshi
Computer Science
Robotics Auton. Syst.
30 November 2001

This paper proposes cognitive developmental robotics(CDR) as a new principle for the design of humanoid robots. Expand

Androids as an Experimental Apparatus: Why Is There an Uncanny Valley and Can We Exploit It?

K. MacDorman
Engineering
2005

Abstract. It seems natural to assume that the more It seems natural to assume that the more closely robots come to resemble people, the more likely they are to elicit the kinds of responses people… Expand

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