Fig. 2.

Equality of conversation by condition. Although there was (A) no statistical difference between the vulnerable (V) and neutral (N) conditions in the equality in talking time (n = 150 participants; one group did not speak at all and was excluded), the silent (S) condition was less equal than either of the other two conditions. (B) Also, participants in the vulnerable condition directed their utterances more equally to each of their human group members than participants in the silent condition, as measured by the total amount of time spent talking to each participant’s two human partners (n = 144 participants; participants who didn’t speak at all or who did not make directed utterances were excluded).