Dr Alexander Diel
Research student
- DielA@cardiff.ac.uk
- Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
Publication
2024
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. B. 2024. Rethinking the uncanny valley as a moderated linear function: Perceptual specialization increases the uncanniness of facial distortions. Computers in Human Behavior 157, article number: 108254. (10.1016/j.chb.2024.108254)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2024. Domain-general and -specific individual difference predictors of an uncanny valley and uncanniness effects. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans 2(1), article number: 100041. (10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100041)
2023
- Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C. and Minato, T. 2023. Asynchrony enhances uncanniness in human, android, and virtual dynamic facial expressions. BMC Research Notes 16(1), article number: 368. (10.1186/s13104-023-06648-w)
- Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C. and Minato, T. 2023. Differences in configural processing for human versus android dynamic facial expressions. Scientific Reports 13(1), article number: 16952. (10.1038/s41598-023-44140-4)
- Diel, A., Sato, W., Hse, C. and Minato, T. 2023. The inversion effect on the cubic humanness-uncanniness relation in humanlike agents. Frontiers in Psychology 14, article number: 1222279. (10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1222279)
- Diel, A. 2023. At the fringes of normality – a neurocognitive model of the uncanny valley on the detection and negative evaluation of deviations. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2022
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. B. 2022. The uncanniness of written text is explained by configural deviation. Perception 51(10), pp. 729-749. (10.1177/030100662211144)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2022. The deviation-from-familiarity effect: Expertise increases uncanniness of deviating exemplars. PLoS ONE 17(9), article number: e0273861. (10.1371/journal.pone.0273861)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2022. Structural deviations drive an uncanny valley of physical places. Journal of Environmental Psychology 82, article number: 101844. (10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101844)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2022. Familiarity, orientation, and realism increase face uncanniness by sensitizing to facial distortions. Journal of Vision 22, article number: 14. (10.1167/jov.22.4.14)
- Diel, A., Weigelt, S. and Macdorman, K. F. 2022. A meta-analysis of the uncanny valley's independent and dependent variables. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 11(1), pp. 1-33. (10.1145/3470742)
2021
- Diel, A. and MacDorman, K. F. 2021. Creepy cats and strange high houses: Support for configural processing in testing predictions of nine uncanny valley theories. Journal of Vision 21(4), pp. 1-20. (10.1167/jov.21.4.1)
Articles
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. B. 2024. Rethinking the uncanny valley as a moderated linear function: Perceptual specialization increases the uncanniness of facial distortions. Computers in Human Behavior 157, article number: 108254. (10.1016/j.chb.2024.108254)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2024. Domain-general and -specific individual difference predictors of an uncanny valley and uncanniness effects. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans 2(1), article number: 100041. (10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100041)
- Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C. and Minato, T. 2023. Asynchrony enhances uncanniness in human, android, and virtual dynamic facial expressions. BMC Research Notes 16(1), article number: 368. (10.1186/s13104-023-06648-w)
- Diel, A., Sato, W., Hsu, C. and Minato, T. 2023. Differences in configural processing for human versus android dynamic facial expressions. Scientific Reports 13(1), article number: 16952. (10.1038/s41598-023-44140-4)
- Diel, A., Sato, W., Hse, C. and Minato, T. 2023. The inversion effect on the cubic humanness-uncanniness relation in humanlike agents. Frontiers in Psychology 14, article number: 1222279. (10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1222279)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. B. 2022. The uncanniness of written text is explained by configural deviation. Perception 51(10), pp. 729-749. (10.1177/030100662211144)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2022. The deviation-from-familiarity effect: Expertise increases uncanniness of deviating exemplars. PLoS ONE 17(9), article number: e0273861. (10.1371/journal.pone.0273861)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2022. Structural deviations drive an uncanny valley of physical places. Journal of Environmental Psychology 82, article number: 101844. (10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101844)
- Diel, A. and Lewis, M. 2022. Familiarity, orientation, and realism increase face uncanniness by sensitizing to facial distortions. Journal of Vision 22, article number: 14. (10.1167/jov.22.4.14)
- Diel, A., Weigelt, S. and Macdorman, K. F. 2022. A meta-analysis of the uncanny valley's independent and dependent variables. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 11(1), pp. 1-33. (10.1145/3470742)
- Diel, A. and MacDorman, K. F. 2021. Creepy cats and strange high houses: Support for configural processing in testing predictions of nine uncanny valley theories. Journal of Vision 21(4), pp. 1-20. (10.1167/jov.21.4.1)
Thesis
- Diel, A. 2023. At the fringes of normality – a neurocognitive model of the uncanny valley on the detection and negative evaluation of deviations. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
