Procedure Perry

• Participants were instructed to indicate when they wanted the protagonist to stop, choosing a distance at which they felt most comfortable.
• Experiment 1 (CID)

  1. A significant main effect was found for the condition

  2. Participants preferred different distances from the various protagonists (stranger, authority figure, friend, and ball)

  3. Perceived threat from others is a significant factor in mediating the equilibrium between interpersonal distance and social interaction
• Experiment 2 (Intimacy Context)

  1. A significant effect was found for the condition

  2. No main effect for treatment and no significant second-order interactions

  3. Significant third-order interaction between condition, treatment, and empathy

  4. Treatment x empathy interaction was significant only for the chair's condition

  5. Participants in the high empathy group chose closer chair distances following OT administration

  6. Opposite was true for those in the low empathy group
• Administering OT had an impact on interpersonal distance preferences depending on the trait empathy levels of the participants