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Review
. 2020 Oct;54(10):903-907.
doi: 10.1111/medu.14184. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Into the uncanny valley: Simulation versus simulacrum?

Jennifer Laura Johnston  1 , Grainne P Kearney  1 , Gerard J Gormley  1 , Helen Reid  1
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Into the uncanny valley: Simulation versus simulacrum?

Jennifer Laura Johnston et al. Med Educ. 2020 Oct.
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