Table 2.

Means and standard deviations for the task behavioural measures (word count, number of errors, and animation index) for the TD, ASD, and ADHD participants, along with statistical results from repeated-measure ANOVAs examining main effects of the condition, group, and their interaction.

		TD	ASD	ADHD
Word count	Mean social (±std.)	28 ± 13	23 ± 15	26 ± 13
	Mean random (±std.)	15 ± 9	13 ± 10	14 ± 10
	Main effect of condition	*F(1,193) = 308.49, p = 8.28 × 10−42: S > R
	Main effect of group	F(2,192) = 1.51, p = 0.22
	Group-by-condition interaction	F(2,197) = 2.53, p = 0.08
# Errors	Mean social (±std.)	0.35 ± 0.36	0.52 ± 0.46	0.52 ± 0.40
	Mean random (±std.)	0.27 ± 0.28	0.47 ± 0.42	0.56 ± 0.70
	Main effect of condition	F(2,197) = 0.77, p = 0.38
	Main effect of group	*F(2,197) = 4.90, p = 0.01: TD < ASD, ADHD
	Group-by-condition interaction	F(2,197) = 1.02, p = 0.36
Animation index	Mean social (±std.)	2.12 ± 0.41	1.92 ± 0.57	2.14 ± 0.42
	Mean random (±std.)	1.05 ± 0.42	1.06 ± 0.50	1.04 ± 0.46
	Main effect of condition	*F(1,198) = 582.64, p = 4.61 × 10−60: S > R
	Main effect of group	F(2,197) = 1.58, p = 0.21
	Group-by-condition interaction	*F(2,197) = 3.94, p = 0.02: S, ASD < TD, ADHD

Significant results are highlighted by an asterisk. TD typically developing, ASD autism spectrum disorder, ADHD attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, S social, R random, std standard deviation.