Making digital avatars appear more alive: reverse correlation of humanlike behaviour and the uncanny valley

Pelikan, Michal Lech (2026) Making digital avatars appear more alive: reverse correlation of humanlike behaviour and the uncanny valley. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

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Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Qualification Level: Doctoral
Additional Information: Supported by funding from the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents, Grant Number EP/S02266X/1.
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Colleges/Schools: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
Funder's Name: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Supervisor's Name: Schyns, Professor Philippe and Foster, Dr. Mary Ellen
Date of Award: 2026
Depositing User: Theses Team
Unique ID: glathesis:2026-86188
Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2026 14:26
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2026 15:34
Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.86188
URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/86188

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