Fig. 5: Behavioral results.

The data distribution, interquartile range (dark vertical line), median (white dot) and mean (colored line) for N = 96 participants are displayed. Discontinuity markers were added as the y-axes do not originate at 0. A The low load (light colors) condition showed significantly higher accuracy than the high load (dark colors) condition. The social task (purple) showed significantly lower accuracy than the visual (blue) and verbal (turquoise) tasks. The significant main effects are indicated by the brackets. B There was a significant interaction between tasks and autistic-traits groups in accuracy. C The participants showed significantly shorter reaction times in the low load condition than the high load condition. They showed significantly shorter reaction times in the social task than in the visual and verbal tasks. The significant main effects are indicated by the brackets. D There was a significant interaction between load conditions and the autistic-traits groups in reaction time.