Table 3. Results of Post Experiment Questions About Responses.

Question	Median	IQR	P (median=4)
About the party
How much was your overall behavior like being in a party?	5	2.5	0.029
How often did you find yourself automatically behaving within the party as if it were a real place?	5	2.5	0.061
How much was what you said like what you would have said in a real situation?	5	2	0.003
How much was your emotional response in the party the same as if it had been real?	4.5	3	0.597
How much were the thoughts you had within the party the same as if it had been a real situation?	5	2.5	0.087
How much were you thinking things like ‘I know this isn't real’ but then surprisingly finding yourself behaving as if it was real?	5	2	0.002
To what extent were your physical responses within the party (e.g., heart rate, blushing, sweating, etc.) the same as if it had been a real situation?	5	1.5	0.002
About the woman
How much did you behave as if the woman were real?	5	3	0.150
How much was what you said to her like what you would have said to a real woman in a similar situation?	5	2.5	0.043
How much did you find yourself automatically behaving as if the woman were real?	5	2.5	0.009
How much was your overall emotional response to the woman as if she were real?	4.5	3	0.473
How much were the types of things you were thinking while talking with her similar to a real situation?	4	3	0.711
How much did you have physical responses (such as change in heart rate, blushing, sweating, etc.) to the woman as if she were real?	4	2	1.000
How much were you thinking things like ‘I know this person isn't real’ but then surprisingly finding yourself behaving as if she was real?	5	2	0.001

Each question was scored on the scale from 1 ‘not at all’ to 7 ‘very much’. In each case the median, interquartile range, and the significance level of the test that the median is 4 is given based on the two-sided sign test.