Child Development Research

Research Article

Gaze Perception Develops Atypically in Children with Autism

Table 2

Matching data for the younger and older autism and control groups (experiment 1). Values are mean values ± SD.
Participant groupAgeVocabulary scaled scoreBlock design scaled scoreProrated IQ
Younger autism ( 𝑛 = 7 ) 8 . 4 ± 0 . 9 1 0 . 1 ± 2 . 0 1 1 . 3 ± 2 . 1 1 0 4 . 3 ± 7 . 3
Younger controls ( 𝑛 = 1 2 ) 7 . 8 ± 1 . 3 1 1 . 3 ± 2 . 3 1 0 . 2 ± 2 . 6 1 0 4 . 3 ± 1 0 . 9
Older autism ( 𝑛 = 7 ) 1 4 . 0 ± 2 . 7 1 0 . 7 ± 2 . 2 1 2 . 7 ± 3 . 9 1 1 0 . 7 ± 1 4 . 8
Older controls ( 𝑛 = 1 2 ) 1 3 . 4 ± 1 . 8 1 0 . 3 ± 2 . 6 1 2 . 8 ± 3 . 1 1 0 9 . 0 ± 1 4 . 4