Research Article

No Differences in Emotion Recognition Strategies in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Hybrid Faces

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of both participant groups: means ( ) and standard deviations (SD) for age (expressed in months), full-scale IQ, and ADI-R scores. Group differences in age or IQ were evaluated with independent samples -tests (homoscedasticity assumption checked with -test).

ASD group ( ) Comparison group ( )Group comparison
M (SD)RangeM (SD)Range2-sided t-test P value

Age92.14 (10.54)75–10695.36 (8.16)79–1071.11.2483
Full-scale IQ94.36 (11.93)78–11998.50 (7.78)84–1081.39.1816
ADI-R scores44.50 (12.59) 15–65N/AN/AN/A
 Communication15.68 (5.27) 3–24
 Social20.45 (5.63)8–28
 Repetitive behaviors5.41 (2.65) 1–9