Surprisingly, more realistic avatars were rated as more competent, benevolent, and trustworthy than cartoon-like ones, defying the expected “uncanny valley” effect. While male avatars were seen as ...

while the other two videos depicted a cartoonish male and female speaking. “For the degree of realism, we assumed that with the uncanny valley hypothesis in mind, the more stylistic avatars, so the ...

The gender of avatars in action role-playing games could affect how people play, according to new research from Nottingham Trent University (NTU). The study by NTU psychologists examined the in-game ...

But if you think that a male model would be better suited to the theme of the competition, you can change the avatar. Therefore, in this guide, we will tell you how to be a boy in Dress to Impress.

Thankfully, Avatar 3 will not be named Avatar ... The name, for obvious reasons, wasn't exactly the best choice. It's…funny. And it's hard to tell how seriously fans and critics would've ...

Women, on the other hand, preferred traits that made bodies of their avatars elongated and slender, regardless of whether the avatar was male or female. The study was published in Archives of Sexual ...

We even spent some extra brain power on your behalf and compiled a master list of funny gifts for men, so you barely have to do any work at all. Score! Let’s be real—your man owns plenty of ...

A series of four studies looked into how women evaluate humor in men, finding that women prefer funny men, particularly physically attractive ones, viewing humor as a signal of investment potential, ...

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been far from smooth. While many have poked fun at Musk for the acquisition and the issues that followed, one Twitter user took it to the next level. Twitter user ...