Table 3.
TOJ and SJ in High‐Functioning ASC Adults
| Sample | Modality | Tasks | Findings | Commentaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASC | NT | ||||||
| Tommerdahl, Tannan, Holden, and Baranek [2008] | n | 10 | 20 | Tactile | Unilateral SJ and TOJ | Worse temporal sensitivity in ASC | Small sample |
| Age | 26.1 (6.3) | 24.2 (6.1) | |||||
| IQ | 102.8 (17.7) | 115.6 (7.1) | Tactile | Bilateral TOJ | Comparable temporal sensitivity | No correlation with symptomatology done | |
| Falter, Elliott, and Bailey [2012] | n | 16 | 16 | Visual | SJ | Better temporal sensitivity in ASC | Small sample |
| Age | 24.2 (7) | 26.2 (7.4) | |||||
| IQ | 114 (13) | 112 (9) | Negative correlation between temporal thresholds and autistic symptoms | ||||
| Poole et al. [2016] | n | 18 | 18 | Bimodal dyads (A‐V, V‐T, A‐T)a | TOJ | No differences between groups in JND nor PSS for all the dyads |
Small sample Differences reported in other studies in SOAs between 150 and 300 msec were under‐represented in the design |
| Age | 31 (8.43) | 31.05 (8.71) | |||||
| IQ | 116.56 (9.7) | 112.76 (7.56) | |||||
a
A‐V: auditory–visual; A‐T: auditory–tactile; V‐T: visual–tactile.