Social processing distorts physical distance perception.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC11830008 · PMID 39955347

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.065so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The difference between the low and high psychopathy group was comparable at 8 cm but it did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.065), with a Bonferroni multiple comparison correction.

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approached significancep = 0.087so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The results showed a comparable slope to that of the Avatar, which approached significance but did not cross the threshold (β = -0.303, p = 0.087).

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