Table 3 Correlation slopes between electrophysiological measures and verbal or performance IQ scores in the CTRL and ASD adult groups and between-group comparisons

 Neutral

−.03 [−.06; .01] p = .20

.02 [−.05; .08] p = .60

−.05 p = .17

.02 [−.01; .07] p = .39

.04 [.00; .08] p = .14

−.02 p = .63

 Emotional

−.01 [−.06; .04] p = .76

−.01 [−.08; .02] p = .62

−.00 p = .91

.04 [−.00; .10] p = .19

.00 [−.02; .04] p = .80

.04 p = .16

 Neutral

−.20 [−.67; .30] p = .43

.50 [.06; 1.11] p = .09

−.70 p = .04

−.73 [− 1.19; −.19] p < .01

−.18 [−.66; .22] p = .49

−.55 p = .11

 Emotional

−.45 [− 1.45; .47] p = .39

−.05 [−.49; .09] p = .88

−.40 p = .40

−1.51 [− 2.24; −.82] p = .01

−.40 [−.89; .04] p = .16

−1.11 p = .01

 Neutral

−.02 [−.06; .03] p = .47

.03 [−.04; .08] p = .34

−.05 p = .22

.01 [−.05; .07] p = .75

.03 [−.02; .08] p = .18

−.02 p = .65

 Emotional

−.02 [−.08; .05] p = .67

.00 [−.06; .05] p = .94

−.02 p = .58

.06 [−.01; .15] p = .17

.02 [−.03; .07] p = .39

.04 p = .28

 Neutral

.34 [−.42; 1.18] p = .40

.18 [−.87; .75] p = .62

.16 p = .74

−.97 [− 2.01; −.04] p = .03

−.08 [−.62; 0.60] p = .78

−.89 p = .08

 Emotional

−.39 [−.98; .14] p = .19

.11 [−.66; .58] p = .68

−.50 p = .14

.40 [− 1.19; .42] p = .27

.03 [−.36; .43] p = .89

−.43 p = .30