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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2014 Feb 17;19(3):308–315. doi: 10.1177/1362361314520755

Table 2.

Accuracy and Speed of Response to Labeling Facial Expressions of Emotion in Verbal Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Volunteers.

Typical Control
(N = 30)		 ASD
(N = 45)
Domain M SD M SD t p d
Accuracy
 Overalla 34.36 2.50 30.96 4.08 −3.91 < .001 −.96
 Happyb 7.91 .31 7.37 .68 −3.82 < .001 −.94
 Fearful 7.22 1.05 6.59 1.64 −1.81 .074 −.44
 Angry 5.18 1.30 4.90 1.55 −.77 .443 −.19
 Sad 6.77 1.14 6.04 1.70 −2.08 .041 −.48
 Neutral 7.27 1.18 6.20 1.79 −2.93 .005 −.68
Speed (ms)
 Overall 1847.21 354.15 2077.65 507.50 2.12 .038 .51
 Happy 1518.71 336.48 1664.35 417.99 1.59 .117 .38
 Fearful 2158.32 742.16 2521.60 996.36 1.65 .104 .40
 Angry 2468.45 813.58 2623.03 1163.72 .61 .545 .15
 Sad 2063.60 946.10 2488.77 1316.66 1.51 .136 .36
 Neutral 2027.55 695.02 2441.62 909.33 2.03 .046 .50

Note. Results are from general linear models adjusting for IQ.

ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder

a

Scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating better performance

b

Scores range from 0 to 8, with higher scores indicating better performance