Research Article

Gaze Perception Develops Atypically in Children with Autism

Table 3

Mean scores of the autism group and control group in the eye direction detection task (experiment 1).

Angle between poles (Mean score ± SD)20 degrees15 degrees10 degrees5 degrees

Autism 6 . 5 ± 2 . 0 6 . 3 ± 2 . 4 4 . 8 ± 2 . 4 4 . 2 ± 1 . 9
Controls 8 . 0 ± 1 . 3 7 . 3 ± 1 . 6 6 . 6 ± 1 . 7 5 . 1 ± 2 . 1