The uncanny valley effect in typically developing children and its absence in children with autism spectrum disorders

Shuyuan Feng; Xueqin Wang; Qiandong Wang; Jing Fang; Yaxue Wu; Li Yi; Kunlin Wei

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206343

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The uncanny valley effect in typically developing children and its absence in children with autism spectrum disorders

Shuyuan Feng,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xueqin Wang,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Statistical Science, School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern China Research Center of Statistical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Qiandong Wang,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Jing Fang,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Qingdao Autism Research Institute, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Yaxue Wu,

Roles Resources

Affiliation School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Li Yi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yilipku@pku.edu.cn (LY); wei_kunlin@126.com (KW)

Affiliation School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Kunlin Wei

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yilipku@pku.edu.cn (LY); wei_kunlin@126.com (KW)

Affiliation School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5098-3808

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The uncanny valley effect in typically developing children and its absence in children with autism spectrum disorders

Shuyuan Feng,
Xueqin Wang,
Qiandong Wang,
Jing Fang,
Yaxue Wu,
Li Yi,
Kunlin Wei

Published: November 1, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206343

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