The Monkanny Valley
by Michael Arnzen ~ October 14th, 2009.News note: Monkeys, according to a recent study, behave similar to humans in the face of the Uncanny Valley.
From the New Scientist: “These primates don’t participate in human culture, which suggests the uncanny valley has a biological basis,” says Karl MacDorman of Indiana University in Indianapolis. Wired magazine suggests that this means “the uncanny valley has evolutionary origins deep in the primate psyche.”
So monkeys are like humans, almost. Hmm…it all seems so…uncannily similar.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Adding a related link for posterity from National Geographic (3 Nov 2009): “The Polar Express Would Creep Out Monkeys Too?”
March 17th, 2010 at 7:20 pm