Table 5 Results obtained for JeStiMulE’s avatars and for real-life characters
ASC (N = 33) | Â | Avatar tasks | Real-life character tasks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Pre-training | Post-training | - | Pre-training | Post-training | - |
| Â | Â | Mean (standard deviation) | P | Mean (standard deviation) | P | ||
Face | Happy | 50.5 (6.5) | 81.8 (5.4) | <.001 | 60.1 (7.4) | 84.8 (6.1) | <.001 |
| Â | Anger | 49.5 (7) | 65.7 (6.1) | .47 NS | 46.5 (6.2) | 64.1 (6.4) | .03 |
| Â | Surprise | 36.4 (7.2) | 71.7 (6.2) | <.001 | 37.4 (7.1) | 61.6 (6.4) | <.001 |
| Â | Disgust | 21.2 (6.1) | 43.4 (6.7) | .02 | 23.2 (5.8) | 55.6 (7.3) | <.001 |
| Â | Sadness | 48.5 (7) | 79.8 (6.5) | <.001 | 47.5 (6.7) | 71.7 (6.2) | <.001 |
| Â | Pain | 16.2 (4.4) | 60.6 (6.4) | <.001 | 20.2 (5.2) | 47 (6.5) | <.001 |
| Â | Fear | 21.2 (5) | 63.6 (6.5) | <.001 | 31.3 (6) | 63.1 (6.7) | <.001 |
Gesture | Happy | 39.4 (6.5) | 69.7 (6.2) | <.001 | 38.4 (5.5) | 63.1 (5.3) | <.001 |
| Â | Anger | 33.3 (5.6) | 68.7 (6.1) | <.001 | 48 (7) | 75.3 (6.1) | <.001 |
| Â | Surprise | 9.1 (3.6) | 43.4 (6.1) | <.001 | 19.7 (5) | 40.9 (5.5) | <.001 |
| Â | Disgust | 13.1 (3.2) | 57.6 (6.8) | <.001 | 14.1 (4) | 57.1 (6.2) | <.001 |
| Â | Sadness | 41.4 (5.8) | 77.8 (6.1) | <.001 | 41 (6.3) | 60.6 (5) | .004 |
| Â | Pain | 20.2 (4.3) | 57.6 (6.4) | <.001 | 33.8 (5.3) | 72.2 (5.7) | <.001 |
| Â | Fear | 36.4 (6) | 63.6 (6.5) | <.001 | 24.2 (5) | 38.9 (4.3) | .26 NS |
Social scene | Happy | - | - | - | 64.4 (6.8) | 81.1 (6.3) | .069 NS |
| Â | Anger | - | - | - | 60.6 (7) | 73.5 (6.2) | .058 NS |
| Â | Surprise | - | - | - | 28.8 (5.6) | 47.7 (5.7) | .009 |
| Â | Disgust | - | - | - | 39.4 (6.9) | 66.7 (7) | <.001 |
| Â | Sadness | - | - | - | 23.5 (4.5) | 44.7 (6.1) | <.001 |
| Â | Pain | - | - | - | 37.9 (6.4) | 59.1 (6) | <.001 |
| Â | Fear | - | - | - | 45.5 (6.3) | 56.8 (5.4) | .85 NS |