Developmental changes in attention to social information from childhood to adolescence in autism spectrum disorders: a comparative study

Table 4 Results of partial correlation analysis between IQ/DQ scores and the percentage fixation time to AoIs using age and sex as covariates in ASD group

ASD group		0–18 years		0–5 years		6–11 years		12–18 years
ASD group		r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Face without mouth motion	Eye	− .008	.941	− .096	.715	− .061	.742	.133	.501
Face without mouth motion	Mouth	.060	.596	.135	.605	.119	.515	− .076	.700
Face without mouth motion	Eye	− .006	.954	− .317	.215	− .023	.899	.127	.518
Face without mouth motion	Mouth	− .065	.565	.028	.915	− .083	.652	− .021	.915
Biological motion	Upright	.001	.991	− .101	.701	− .042	.818	.161	.414
Biological motion	Inverted	.059	.602	− .077	.768	.288	.109	− .161	.413
The preference paradigm	People	.037	.742	− .204	.431	− .056	.761	.268	.169
The preference paradigm	Geometry	− .071	.526	− .180	.490	.145	.429	− .338	.079
Finger-pointing	Social	− .154	.169	.036	.892	− .152	.407	− .278	.151
Finger-pointing	Geometry	.120	.284	− .007	.980	.363	.041	− .089	.652

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