The maximum possible total score was 21 points in this study. Altogether, 31 children with HFA and 31 TD children finished this test.//// Seven of the children with HFA did not pass the practice test and thus were excluded from the formal test.//// The scores in children with HFA ranged from 0.5 to 21, averaging 9.39 (with a standard deviation of 5.98); the TD children’s scores ranged
from 0 to 18, averaging 9.06 (with a standard deviation of 4.95).///// Further analysis showed no significant difference in the central coherence abilities of the two groups of children (t(60) = 0.231, p > 0.05).