. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.

Published in final edited form as: Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2015 Feb 1;10:93–100. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.11.008

Table 2.

Correlations between sensory variables and age.^b

		ASD	TD

		Age

Auditory	Hyper-	−0.134	0.058
Auditory	Hypo-	−0.298^*	−0.305

Visual	Hyper-	−0.198	−0.075
Visual	Hypo-	−0.308^*	−0.087

Tactile	Hyper-	−0.126	−0.211
Tactile	Hypo-	−0.385^**	−0.233

Overall	Hyper-	−0.179	−0.082
Overall	Hypo-	−0.409^**	−0.232

Age was significantly correlated with hyporesponsive patterns in all sensory modalities, in which older individuals showed fewer hyporesponsive sensory behaviors.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01