Table 2 Descriptive statistics and statistical comparison of sIgA secretion rate.

From: The uncanny valley effect and immune activation in virtual reality

SIgA secretion

rate (µg/mL)

Realistic group

Uncanny group

Cartoon group

Group

differences

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

Baseline

37.12

35.12

22.91

22.14

33.61

43.67

.453

Post-VR

36.58

34.97

50.75

48.37

33.49

46.95

.309

Delta

(Post-VR – Baseline)

-0.55

40.15

27.83

37.29

-0.12

44.85

.031*

  1. Differences were assessed with the Kruskal-Wallis-test (p < .05, two-tailed). Results of pairwise post-hoc comparisons can be found in the text. Significant differences are marked with an asterisk and highlighted in bold.
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