Table 1.

Samples of questions in pre and post questionnaires.

Samples of Measures
Pre Measurements (Sample Questions)
Self-Reported Level of Knowledge (KL) [both groups]
1	How much would you rate your level of knowledge in relation to Asperger's Syndrome?
Empathy Questionnaire for the VR and Control Group (EQ)
1	I try to look at everybody's side of a disagreement before I make a decision.
2	I sometimes feel helpless when I am in the middle of a very emotional situation.
Post Measurements (Sample Questions)
Knowledge Test (KT) [both groups]
	Please indicate which of the following items fall under the category of symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome:
1	Overuse of metaphors and abstract language (false)
2	Obsessive interests (true)
3	Motor clumsiness (true)
Self-Reported Level of Sensitization (SL) [both groups]
1	Following your VR experience, how much would you rate your sensibility level in relation to people with Asperger's Syndrome?
VR Experience Questionnaire (VRQ) [VR group only]
Immersive Response/Functionality (IR)
1	How well could you concentrate on the assigned tasks or required activities rather than on the mechanisms used to perform those tasks or activities?
2	How much did the auditory aspects of the environment involve you?
Presense/Place illusion (Pi)
1	To what extent where there times during the experience when the virtual environment was the reality for you?
2	During the experience, which was stronger on the whole? Your sense of being in the virtual environment or the real world?