Table 1 The demographic data for the participants
|  | TD (n = 38) | ASD (n = 36) | Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | df | P value | |
Age (years) | 32.5 | 7.3 | 19–47 | 29.9 | 7.1 | 19–46 | 72 | 0.14 |
Full-scale IQ | 109.5 | 8.4 | 87.5–119.8 | 106.2 | 13.9 | 83–134 | 72 | 0.23 |
Handedness | 92.7 | 20.3 | 5.3–100 | 87.9 | 24.5 | 5.9–100 | 72 | 0.37 |
AQ score | 15.5 | 5.6 | 7–30 | 36.3 | 4.9 | 23–43 | 66 | <0.001 |
ADOS | ||||||||
 Total |  |  |  | 12.8 | 3.8 | 5–21 |  |  |
 Communication |  |  |  | 4.2 | 1.7 | 2–8 |  |  |
 Social reciprocity |  |  |  | 8.6 | 2.8 | 3–12 |  |  |