Table 6.
Prospective Estimation Task in ASC
| Sample | Task | Main conclusions | Commentaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASC | NT | |||||
| Szelag et al. [2004] | n | 7 | 7 | Time reproduction | ASC group performed worse in the time reproduction task |
Small sample Different IQ test in each group Trend to differences in IQ |
| Age | 12.6 | Matched | ||||
| IQ | 82–102 | 95–145 | ||||
| Gowen and Miall [2005] | n | 12 | 12 | Continuation and synchronization tapping |
No differences in Coef. of variation ASC group showed greater absolute error and greater stimulus asynchrony on synchronization task |
Small sample |
| Age | 24.2 | 24.2 | ||||
| IQ | 114 | 114 | ||||
| Wallace and Happe [2008] | n | 25 | 25 | Verbal estimation, production, and reproduction | No differences in time reproduction, time production, and time estimation | Recruitment of savants and a modification in the experimental paradigm could have been a factor affecting the results |
| Age | 14.1 | 13.84 | ||||
| IQ | 96.36 | 100.08 | ||||
| Martin et al. [2010] | n | 20 | 20 | Time reproduction | ASD group worse on measures of; absolute difference, mean judgment ratio, and mean coefficient of variation | No control of chronometric counting |
| Age | 35 | 35 | ||||
| IQ | 106 | 108 | ||||
| Maister and Plaisted‐Grant [2011] | n | 21 | 21 | Time reproduction |
Differences in short (0.5 sec) and long durations (45 sec) Short‐term memory was correlated with the error scores in short durations between 1 and 10 sec |
No data about over or underestimation Trend to differences in IQ |
| Age | 11.3 | 10.7 | ||||
| IQ | 105.6 | 115.8 | ||||
| Brenner et al. [2015] | n | 27 | 25 | Time reproduction |
Poorer accuracy and consistency in ASC group Accuracy was found associated with age and consistency with working memory |
|
| Age | 12.68 | 13.41 | ||||
| IQ | 101.31 | 106.96 | ||||
| Karaminis et al. [2016] | n | n = 23 | n = 78 | Time reproduction and discrimination |
ASC group performed similar to younger children (6–7 years old) Less use of priors in ASC ASC children less accurate, but equally precise (consistent) in time reproduction task |
Child friendly paradigm. The authors suggest using the traditional paradigms in order to avoid this possible interference |
| age | Age: 12 | (6–32 years old) | ||||
| IQ | IQ: 100.03 | |||||
| Sperduti et al. [2014] | n | 15 | 17 | Verbal estimation | Comparable reproduction error between groups | Small sample |
| Age | 33.53 | 33.06 | ||||
| IQ | 109.38 | 105 | ||||