Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Variables | TD controls Mean ± SD |
ASD Mean ± SD |
t | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 16 | 18 | ||
| Age | 14.69 ± 1.70 | 14.94 ± 1.55 | 0.46 | 0.65 |
| NVIQ | 117.94 ± 12.73 | 97.72 ± 13.52 | 4.47 | 0.05* |
| Handedness | R (n = 16) | R (n = 16), L (n = 2) | ||
| ADOS | ||||
| Communication | n = 17, 5.67 ± 3.06 | |||
| Social | n = 17, 9.20 ± 3.03 | |||
| Emotion pre-test scores | ||||
| Face emotion | 14.75 ± 1.06 | 13.89 ± 1.78 | 1.68 | 0.10 |
| Voice emotion | 11.56 ± 1.86 | 10.78 ± 1.83 | 1.24 | 0.23 |
| Emotion threshold | ||||
| Happy | 23.44 ± 3.52 | 27.22 ± 5.48 | 2.36 | 0.02* |
| Sad | 44.06 ± 14.05 | 40.56 ± 15.71 | 0.68 | 0.05 |
| Angry | 47.19 ± 16.12 | 50.56 ± 13.05 | 0.67 | 0.51 |
Demographic information and baseline scores for the TD and ASD groups are noted in means and standard deviations, with t- and p-values indicated. Significant group differences are indicated by the use of an asterisk*. Terms such as non-verbal IQ (NVIQ), Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule (ADOS), and standard deviation (SD) were abbreviated to their acronyms.