The Uncanny Valley is a common unsettling, anxious, creepy feeling people experience when androids, robots, dolls, mannequins, video games and animations closely resemble humans but are not quite ...

Many toys that represent human figures tend to invoke the uncanny valley, but some are so creepy that it’s unclear what parent’s would look at it and think “my child needs one of these.” ...

The grimace on the skull—the wide display of teeth, the blank and expressionless eyeholes—evokes what psychologists call the “uncanny valley.” This refers to “the dramatic dip in the ...