Table 2.

Summary of responses to the false memory test for each group

Response categories	ASD, %	Nonautistic subjects, %
Index item (false) responses
Definitely (“four”)	31.2  ±  37.1	47.9  ±  27.1
Yes (“three” and “four”)	57.5  ±  29.2	70.0  ±  17.5
No (“one” and “two”)	42.5  ±  29.2	30.0  ±  17.5
True item responses
Definitely (“four”)	76.3  ±  16.5	75.6  ±  11.7
Yes (“three” and “four”)	92.7  ±  5.8	84.8  ±  9.2
No (“one” and “two”)	7.3  ±  5.8	15.2  ±  9.2
Related item responses
Definitely (“four”)	10.4  ±  19.4	5.4  ±  7.3
Yes (“three” and “four”)	19.6  ±  23.8	10.0  ±  7.5
No (“one” and “two”)	80.4  ±  23.8	90.0  ±  7.5
Unrelated item responses
Definitely (“four”)	1.0  ±  2.3	0.6  ±  0.8
Yes (“three” and “four”)	2.3  ±  5.0	0.6  ±  0.8
No (“one” and “two”)	97.7  ±  5.0	99.4  ±  0.8

Values shown are means ± SD.