Comparative analysis of emotional facial expression recognition and empathy in children with prader-willi syndrome and autism spectrum disorder

Table 2 Response accuracy and reaction time of block 1 of the Deusto-e-Motion 1.0 (non-contextualized scenarios) with statistically significant differences in pairs

	Emotions	Control (n = 15) M ± SD	PWS (n = 15) M ± SD	ASD (n = 15) M ± SD	U	z	p	r	Post Hoc
Response accuracy
	Fear	1.47 ± 0.92	0.60 ± 0.91	1.87 ± 1.19	47.000	-2.877	0.004	0.53	PWS < ASD
Reaction time
	Static faces	5745.49 ± 1309.84	8351.95 ± 285.67	9188.76 ± 4999.39	41.000	-2.966	0.003	0.54	Control < PWS
	Fear	8328.17 ± 10140.45	8425.74 ± 1864.64	8924.44 ± 7980.27	50.000	-2.593	0.010	0.47	Control < PWS
	Happiness	6204.92 ± 2171.41	8347 ± 5214.62	10359.33 ± 4597.12	46.000	-2.758	0.006	0.50	Control < ASD
	Anger	4732.57 ± 1272.06	7209.33 ± 3637.76	8304.67 ± 4867.85	59.000	-2.219	0.015	0.40	Control < ASD

n: number of participants; M: mean; SD: standard deviation; U: Mann-Whitney U-test; z: standard scored; p: statistical probability p-value; r: effect size
Bonferroni post hoc analysis with corrected significance level p ≤.017

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