Table 2 Comparison of variables on self-recognition, body ownership and agency over their virtual self and other avatar within each group. All items were scored on a 7-point Likert scale, where -3 means the least agreement and 3 the most agreement.

From: Self-dialogue with age-congruent versus age-incongruent avatars in immersive virtual reality

Group

Variable name

Self

Other

p (raw)

r

p (Holm-adj.)

YC

Selfrecognition

1.50 (2)

–

–

–

–

_Down

1.50 (3)

1 (2)

0.038*

− 0.6

0.114

_Mirror

2 (3)

0.50 (3)

0.083

− 0.5

0.166

_Agency

2 (1)

2 (2)

0.257

− 0.3

0.257

MC

Selfrecognition

2 (1.8)

–

–

–

–

_Down

1.50 (2)

0 (3)

0.185

− 0.4

0.185

_Mirror

1 (3)

0.50 (2)

0.074

− 0.5

0.148

_Agency

2.50 (1)

1.50 (2)

0.038*

− 0.6

0.114

  1. Scores for each variable and condition are shown as Medians and Interquartile range (Mdn (IQR)). YC = Young avatar condition, MC = Mature avatar condition, r = Pearson’s effect sizes. * Significant raw effects (p < 0.05 (two-tailed)), but did not survive after Holm adjustment.
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