Table 1 Characteristics for autistic and control participants

From: An early origin for detailed perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: biased sensitivity for high-spatial frequency information.

Participant characteristics

Autism

Control

t and p values

Number

21

15

 

Mean age (year)

20.4

19.4

t (1, 32.7) = .657, p = .516

SD

5.9

3.4

 

Range

13–33

14–24

 

Mean FISQ

100.26

107

t (1, 34) = −.1.39, p = .173

SD

13.0

11.6

 

Range

81–119

87–122

 

Mean VIQ

99.67

108.87

t (1, 33.8) = −1.90, p = .066

SD

17.1

11.1

 

Range

72–124

94–127

 

Mean PIQ

103.1

104.2

t (1, 34) = −.294, p = .771

SD

9.5

12.6

 

Range

77–118

82–119

 
  1. Wechsler Full Scale Intelligence (FSIQ); Verbal IQ (VIQ); and Performance IQ (PIQ).