Table 1.

Descriptive data and behavioural data (mean ± s.d.)

Mean ± s.d.	ASD-patients (N = 17)	TCs (N = 21)	Statistics
Age	11.9 ± 2.2	11.63 ± 2.4	t = −0.34, P = 0.73
IQ (Raven) percent rank	77.6 ± 30.2	59.1 ± 38.2	Z = −1.5, P = 0.14
Correct responses to ‘walker’ (%)	85.7 ± 4.8 (95.2%)	84.8 ± 6.8 (94.2%)	Z = −0.4, P = 0.73
Correct responses to ‘scramble’ (%)	85.2 ± 4.2 (94.7%)	83.8 ± 9.5 (93.1%)	Z = −0.5, P = 0.62
Reaction time to ‘walker’ (s)	1.41 ± 0.27	1.35 ± 0.29	t = −0.63, P = 0.53
Reaction time to ‘scramble’ (s)	1.45 ± 0.28	1.43 ± 0.28	t = −0.26, P = 0.80