Table 3.

Characteristics of participants for each task in experiment 2

	Ebbinghaus		Müller-Lyer
Characteristic	Autistic	Typically developing	Autistic	Typically developing
N	21	28	24	42
Age	9.88 (1.97)	9.34 (2.05)	9.94 (1.96)	9.32 (2.05)
	7.38–14.73	6.09–13.86	7.38–14.73	6.09–13.86
PIQ	108.14 (20.53)	101.18 (12.80)	103.96 (20.89)	102.88 (12.25)
	75–141	75–131	75–141	75–131
VIQ	100.95 (16.87)	108.68 (14.05)	97.58 (15.04)	112.62 (14.45)
	73–130	77–130	73–126	77–149
FSIQ	105.00 (17.27)	105.96 (12.79)	100.71 (16.34)	109.07 (12.73)
	73–129	78–131	73–129	78–135
SCQ	22.32 (6.91)	3.67 (3.10)	21.68 (6.50)	3.59 (3.24)
	8–38	0–12	11–33	0–13
ADOS total	11.75 (4.62)		11.96 (4.54)
	3–21		7–21

Mean (SD) range. IQ scores were assessed using the Wechsler Abbreviated Scales of Intelligence (WASI-II) [38]

SCQ Social Communication Questionnaire [36], ADOS Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 [37], VIQ verbal IQ, PIQ performance IQ, FSIQ full-scale IQ