Robots to the rescue: Robot discouragement reduces young adults' risk-taking.

Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) · 2026 · PMC12901644 · PMID 40626565

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marginally significantp = .050actually significant

The interaction of Robot Impression × Condition was marginally significant, B = −3.69 [−7.38, 0.006], SE = 1.86, p = .050.

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approached significancep = .053so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Binomial tests showed that the median explosion effect did not differ significantly from 1 in the control ( p = .40) and the robot-discouraging ( p = .80) but approached significance in the robot-encouraging condition ( p = .053).

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