Table 4.

Significant effects of the GCA and direction of the effects.

Age group	Average inversion effect	Cubic component
Children	Neurotypical females: more negative inversion effects compared to neurotypical males Autistic females: more positive inversion effect than neurotypical females	Neurotypical females: more positive cubic component compared to neurotypical males Autistic females: more negative cubic component than neurotypical females
Adolescents	Autistic females: more positive inversion effect than neurotypical females	Autistic females: more negative cubic component than neurotypical females
Adults	No differences	No differences