Figure 2.

ASD vs. controls: mean scores at Th.o.m.a.s. subscales: Awareness (the interviewee’s ability to perceive and differentiate mental states in herself and in others), Relation (the interviewee’s ability to recognize causal relations between different mental states and between them and the resulting behaviors), and Realization (the interviewee’s ability to adopt effective strategies to achieve a desired state). Error bars depict a 95% confidence interval. *p < 0.017, generated by independent t-test.