This LJ is all about my research into the uncanny valley at the Open University. I began this journal during my MSc in 2003, and plan to complete my PhD thesis in 2013 - I'm studying part-time while I work full time, also with the Open University ( Read more... )

I've been slowly working my way through an enormous thread discussing the uncanny valley on RPG.net, and it's proving to be an excellent source of images for the gallery.

It's also introduced me to Reborn Dolls - a couple of images are below the tag, or you can see the whole site here.

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I'd be interested in your thoughts about the image below the cut - be warned, it's an image that's been known to trigger recoil and revulsion in people, so only click if you're prepared for a potential jump.

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I've decided to go for these 6, grouped according to my categories previously described.

1. CG

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I've begun picking which faces are going to be presented as the stimuli for the first of my early-phase experiments.

To start with, I grouped the images that I've collected from the gallery so far into four main categories:
1. Grotesque - for example Samara and the heavily distorted zombie-type man.

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