This brain region may be why some robots send chills down your spine
The ‘uncanny valley’ effect is an unsettled sensation caused by bots that are too humanlike
![robots](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/070219_mt_uncanny-valley_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
CREEPY FEELING By gauging people’s reactions to pictures of robots that looked more or less humanlike (examples above in this composite image), researchers uncovered a region of the brain that may be responsible for the “uncanny valley” effect.
A.M. Rosenthal-vonder Pütten et al/J. Neuroscience 2019