Cognitive Impact of Social Virtual Reality: Audience and Mere Presence Effect of Virtual Companions

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/hbet/volume-2023/6677789/figures/6677789.fig.008a.svgz" name="6677789.fig.008a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Accuracy</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/hbet/volume-2023/6677789/figures/6677789.fig.008b.svgz" name="6677789.fig.008b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Reaction times</td></tr></table>

<div>AE: irrespective of CVP, contrasting monitored versus nonmonitored conditions within human and AI companion groups separately, at easy and difficult levels of performance. Descriptive means and one standard deviation (SD) per condition.</div>

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Figure 8: Cognitive Impact of Social Virtual Reality: Audience and Mere Presence Effect of Virtual Companions 