Creepiness Creeps In: Uncanny Valley Feelings Are Acquired in Childhood
Creepiness Creeps In: Uncanny Valley Feelings Are Acquired in Childhood
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DOI：
10.1111/cdev.12999
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Wellman, Henry M.
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作者：
Brink, Kimberly A.;Gray, Kurt;Wellman, Henry M.
《神秘谷》认为，非常像人类的机器人是令人不安的，这种现象在成年人身上得到了充分的证明，但在儿童身上却没有得到探索。240名3至18岁的青少年观看了两个机器人中的一个（像机器或非常像人类），并对他们的感受进行了评价（例如，“机器人让你觉得奇怪或快乐吗？）和对机器人能力的感知（例如，“机器人会自己思考吗？").和成年人一样，9岁以上的儿童认为类人机器人比机器机器人更令人毛骨悚然，但年龄较小的儿童则不然。孩子们对机器人心智能力的感知预示着不可思议的感觉：孩子们判断机器人是否令人毛骨悚然，取决于它们是否有类似人类的头脑。因此，恐怖谷是在发展过程中获得的，与不断变化的机器人思维概念有关。
The uncanny valley posits that very human-like robots are unsettling, a phenomenon amply demonstrated in adults but unexplored in children. Two hundred forty 3- to 18-year-olds viewed one of two robots (machine-like or very human-like) and rated their feelings toward (e.g., "Does the robot make you feel weird or happy?") and perceptions of the robot's capacities (e.g., "Does the robot think for itself?"). Like adults, children older than 9 judged the human-like robot as creepier than the machine-like robot-but younger children did not. Children's perceptions of robots' mental capacities predicted uncanny feelings: children judge robots to be creepy depending on whether they have human-like minds. The uncanny valley is therefore acquired over development and relates to changing conceptions about robot minds.