The two groups of children performed differently with regard to passing rates on the four ToM tasks that represented the social cognitive component (Fig. 1). /// The TD children’s passing rate was significantly higher than that of the children with HFA on all four tasks.//// The children’s performances on the face test, which represented the social perceptual component, involved three components: basic emotion, complicated emotion, and total score./// The children with HFA scored significantly lower than the TD children on all three aspects of the test (basic emotion: t(66) = 6.645, p < 0.001; complicated emotion:
t(67) = 3.243, p < 0.01; total score: t(66) = 6.737, p < 0.001). It was suggested that children with HFA did perform social deficits in ToM.