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

Table 1

Number of participants allocated to each of between participant conditions.

Companion agency	Companion visual presence	Participants in group
Human	Absent	18
	Present nonhumanoid	18
	Present humanoid	17
	Total	53
AI	Absent	17
	Present nonhumanoid	17
	Present humanoid	16
	Total	50
	Grand total ()	103