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. 2023 Jul 10;17:975597. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.975597

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