Table 2.
Results of the ANCOVAs concerning selectivity of mentalising deficits in patients compared with controls (upper row: False belief task, lower row: mentalising II task)
| Covariate | df | Mean square | F | Statistics |
| no covariate | 1 | 513.521 | 23.794 | p < .001 |
| 1 | 1423.541 | 25.793 | p < .001 | |
| MWT IQ | 1 | 389.528 | 18.647 | p < .001 |
| 1 | 1060.207 | 20.099 | p < .001 | |
| Picture completion | 1 | 193.606 | 10.599 | p = .002 |
| 1 | 467.812 | 10.899 | p = .001 | |
| WCST pers. | 1 | 219.384 | 12.430 | p = .001 |
| 1 | 550.198 | 12.262 | p = .001 | |
| Zoo Map | 1 | 129.732 | 6.565 | p = .012 |
| 1 | 382.938 | 7.671 | p = .007 | |
| Mechanical | 1 | 208.275 | 11.615 | p = .001 |
| 697.903 | 14.168 | p < .001 | ||
| Social script | 1 | 358.326 | 17.886 | p < .001 |
| 1 | 947.784 | 19.246 | p < .001 | |
| Capture | 1 | 265.561 | 15.493 | p < .001 |
| 1 | 928.654 | 18.313 | p < .001 |
MWT: Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz-Test (verbal or premorbid IQ); WCST pers.: number of perseverative errors in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.