3.1. Demographics
There were 20 participants in the sample, four males and 16 females. The age ranged from 20 to 67. The mean age was 43.95 and the median age was 49. The computer usage of the participants suggests that the majority of participants used computers for work/studies as well as for social reasons. There was a split in the sample, however, in that about half of the participants used computers for recreational reasons, such as games. None of the participants programmed computers. The mean number of hours spent on computers in the sample was 35 hours (SE=2.98) with a median number of hours of 33. Only one of the participants had had any experience with robots. The sample was an opportunity sample recruited either directly from adverts on the university intranet or who had been made aware of this research through friends/relatives. In this study there were no specific inclusion criteria in order to involve a broad range of participants.