Table 1 Descriptive statistics and statistical comparison of trait and state measures.
From: The uncanny valley effect and immune activation in virtual reality
Realistic group | Uncanny group | Cartoon group | Group differences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-value | |
Trait questionnaires | |||||||
Disgust | 31.10 | 10.65 | 29.04 | 11.87 | 32.52 | 8.74 | .630 |
Contamination Disgust | 5.90 | 3.43 | 5.35 | 3.52 | 6.26 | 3.66 | .598 |
Core Disgust | 25.20 | 8.01 | 23.70 | 9.46 | 26.26 | 6.92 | .715 |
Vulnerability To Disease | 50.05 | 13.71 | 46.00 | 9.75 | 48.83 | 11.95 | .581 |
Germ Aversion | 28.75 | 7.44 | 27.87 | 6.33 | 29.22 | 8.27 | .881 |
Perceived Infectability | 21.30 | 7.79 | 18.13 | 5.02 | 19.61 | 5.58 | .254 |
State questionnaires | |||||||
STAI (state anxiety) | 16.20 | 8.00 | 17.00 | 8.80 | 16.22 | 5.73 | .897 |
IPQ – General Presence | 4.40 | 1.05 | 3.57 | 1.67 | 4.00 | 1.51 | .299 |
IPQ – Involvement | 3.48 | 1.07 | 3.42 | 1.60 | 3.52 | 1.38 | .924 |
IPQ – Experienced Realism | 2.44 | 1.08 | 1.84 | 1.32 | 1.90 | 1.24 | .190 |
IPQ – Spatial Presence | 3.57 | 0.74 | 3.17 | 1.03 | 3.13 | 0.94 | .175 |
SSQ (Cybersickness) | 6.75 | 6.38 | 6.35 | 4.98 | 6.35 | 4.44 | .957 |
Scale of Uncanny Feelings | 11.00 | 10.72 | 9.74 | 10.04 | 9.09 | 9.19 | .855 |
Somatic Feelings Questionnaire | 2.95 | 3.47 | 3.61 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 4.13 | .702 |
