Table 7.
Comparison of mean values and t-tests for each question in the postexperimental questionnaire.
| No. | Contents of question | Average value (normal monkey hand) | Average value (reversed monkey hand) | Difference in means | p-value (two-sided t-test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | After moving my four fingers freely, I felt like my thumb wasn't there | 0.03 | −1.56 | 1.59 | 0.0003 |
| Q2 | I felt that the hand was originally a four-fingered palm, rather than a five-fingered hand with the thumb missing | −0.28 | −1.84 | 1.56 | 0.0001 |
| Q3 | I felt that the four-fingered palm was my palm. | 1.50 | 0.53 | 0.97 | 0.0393 |
| Q4 | I felt that my four fingers were free to move | 2.13 | 1.69 | 0.44 | 0.2250 |
| Q5 | I felt that the arm with the palm and four fingers was newly added | −2.28 | −2.41 | 0.13 | 0.3795 |
| Q6 | I felt that my invisible thumb had moved somewhere else on my body | −2.13 | −2.38 | 0.25 | 0.3399 |
| Q7 | I felt that the skin of my four fingers had a different texture than my palms | −1.03 | −1.44 | 0.41 | 0.3525 |
| Q8 | I felt that my palm was covered with a four-fingered palm | −1.97 | −1.97 | 0.00 | 1.0000 |
| Q9 | In Experiment 1, I felt that I was touching something other than my own hands | −1.78 | |||
| Q10 | I felt pain when I touched my hand in Experiment 1 | −2.88 |