Table 3. Means, standard deviations (SDs), range of chronological age, IQ, and scores on the Japanese version of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) of the participants. The P values reflect the levels of significance from the independent samples t-tests.
| Experiment 1 | ASD (n = 16) | TD (n = 25) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | range | M (SD) | range | p-value | |
| Age, years | 14.1 (2.5) | 11.3–19.8 | 13.4 (3.6) | 9.4–21.8 | .454 |
| IQ | 97.0 (21.9) | 64–124 | 100.0 (7.8) | 79–113 | .600 |
| SCQ | 24.2 (6.4) | 15–38 | 1.7 (1.9) | 0–7 | <.001 |