This brief report is a partial replication of the study by Jackson and Atance (J Dev Disabil 14:40–45, 2008) assessing nonverbal Self-based and Mechanical-based future thinking (FT) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In a first step, these tasks were administered to 30 children with ASD. The two Self-based tasks were then modified as a verbal component could not be completely ruled out. Consequently, 77 children with ASD and 77 children with typical development received the modified Selfbased FT tasks and the Mechanical-based FT tasks. We partially replicated the previous findings. Participants with ASD had impaired FT in both kinds of tasks and both groups performed better on tasks assessing Mechanical-based FT than Self-based FT suggesting that impairments of FT in ASD are not limited to Self-Projection.

Marini, A., Ferretti, F., Chiera, A., Magni, R., Adornetti, I., Nicchiarelli, S., et al. (2016). Self-based and Mechanical-based Future thinking in children with autism spectrum disorder. JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 46(10), 3353-3360 [10.1007/s10803-016-2867-5].

Self-based and Mechanical-based Future thinking in children with autism spectrum disorder

FERRETTI, FRANCESCO;CHIERA, ALESSANDRA;ADORNETTI, INES;NICCHIARELLI, SERENA;
2016-01-01

Abstract

This brief report is a partial replication of the study by Jackson and Atance (J Dev Disabil 14:40–45, 2008) assessing nonverbal Self-based and Mechanical-based future thinking (FT) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In a first step, these tasks were administered to 30 children with ASD. The two Self-based tasks were then modified as a verbal component could not be completely ruled out. Consequently, 77 children with ASD and 77 children with typical development received the modified Selfbased FT tasks and the Mechanical-based FT tasks. We partially replicated the previous findings. Participants with ASD had impaired FT in both kinds of tasks and both groups performed better on tasks assessing Mechanical-based FT than Self-based FT suggesting that impairments of FT in ASD are not limited to Self-Projection.
2016
Marini, A., Ferretti, F., Chiera, A., Magni, R., Adornetti, I., Nicchiarelli, S., et al. (2016). Self-based and Mechanical-based Future thinking in children with autism spectrum disorder. JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 46(10), 3353-3360 [10.1007/s10803-016-2867-5].
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