TABLE 3.
Experimental groups' performance means (SDs) on the CCTT‐1, CCTT‐2, semantic fluency and phonemic fluency tests
| Task | Experimental group | |
|---|---|---|
| TD (n = 200) | Autism (n = 35) | |
| CCTT‐1 | ||
| Completion time | 54.6 (17.8) | 56.80 (25.9) |
| Errors | 0.16 (0.4) | 0.27 (0.7) |
| Near misses | 0.56 (0.9) | 0.88 (1.2) |
| Prompts | 0.18 (0.5) | 0.33 (1.06) |
| CCTT‐2 | ||
| Completion time | 92.36 (26.7) | 114.60 (43.6) |
| Color errors | 0.53 (0.7) | 1.80 (1.7) |
| Number errors | 0.17 (0.4) | 0.47 (0.7) |
| Near misses | 0.52 (0.8) | 1.08 (1.3) |
| Prompts | 0.43 (0.6) | 0.66 (1.1) |
| Difference interference index (CCTT2 Time raw score‐CCTT1 Time raw score/CCTT1 Time raw score) | 0.81 (0.6) | 1.30 (0.9) |
| Semantic fluency | ||
| Total | 25.41 (6.2) | 21.36 (5.5) |
| Animals | 9.55 (2.9) | 9.66 (3.4) |
| Fruit | 7.21 (1.9) | 6.80 (3.0) |
| Objects | 8.73 (3.2) | 4.88 (2.3) |
| Phonemic fluency | ||
| Total | 13.16 (5.6) | 9.41 (2.1) |
| A /a/ | 4.86 (2.2) | 3.52 (0.9) |
| S /s/ | 4.24 (2.4) | 3.27 (1.1) |
| X /ç/ | 4.08 (2.1) | 2.61 (1.0) |