Table 2.

Behavioral performance for the four groups on both text conditions

Children	Error Rates		t (27)	P	Reaction times		t (27)	P
	Autism	Control			Autism	Control
Literal	11.7% ± 4.2	7.1% ± 2.7	0.913	0.369	2964 ± 145	2897 ± 147	0.325	0.747
Irony	28.0% ± 3.6	21.2% ± 3.5	1.34	0.192	3206 ± 103	3276 ± 139	0.412	0.684
Adults			t (23)	P			t (23)	P
Literal	5.9% ± 2.4	3.7% ± 2.1	0.712	0.483	2472 ± 114	2433 ± 130	0.230	0.820
Irony	21.2% ± 5.8	5.5% ± 2.9	2.36	0.027	2896 ± 194	2676 ± 90	1.00	0.328

Note. Values are mean ± standard error.