Table 3. Performance on the ToM tasks (scores as correct responses).
Non-bulbar | Bulbar | Healthy controls | F | |
(n 9) | (n 6) | (n 21) | ||
RME experimental (0-36) | 25.33 (3.46) | 27.17 (4.26) | 27.00 (4.46) | NS |
N-SC (0-18) | 16.89 (0.78) | 15.83 (1.72) | 16.81 (1.21) | NS |
SC (0–18) | 14.22 (3.07) | 13.33 (2.34) | 16.52 (1.25) | 19.353* ¶ |
N-SC Non-social context; RME Reading the Mind in the Eyes; SC Social Context.
*p<0.001.
Bulbar and non-bulbar patients significantly different from healthy controls.