Perception of animacy in Caucasian and Indian faces

Abstract

Masahiro Mori, who introduced the concept of the Uncanny Valley, recommended settling for moderate levels of human likeness in robotic design in order to avoid the eeriness upon encountering entities closely resembling humans [Mori 1970]. However, the strive for highly humanlike design continues, nowadays particularly in areas such as computer graphics and animation, inspiring research on what actually is and what is not perceived as a human being.