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The Uncanny Valley and the Eyes

There's a researcher named Angela Tynwell. She says that it's all about the upper facial features. And so if there's anything that's even just slightly off in like, you know, the eyes or the brows or the wrinkles that form, that will lead to the uncanny valley. That's the creeping part or the smile too, she also says. People who are sensitive to that kind of thing tend to go off on the uncanny valley as well.

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