TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report: Self-Based and Mechanical-Based Future Thinking in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Marini, A.
AU - Marini, Andrea
AU - Ferretti, F.
AU - Ferretti, Ferretto
AU - Chiera, A.
AU - Magni, R.
AU - Adornetti, I.
AU - Nicchiarelli, S.
AU - Vicari, Stefano
AU - Valeri, G.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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 Self-based 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. These results suggest that impairments of FT in ASD are not limited to Self-Projection.
AB - 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 Self-based 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. These results suggest that impairments of FT in ASD are not limited to Self-Projection.
KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder
KW - Mechanical-based future thinking
KW - Scene construction
KW - Self-based future thinking
KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder
KW - Mechanical-based future thinking
KW - Scene construction
KW - Self-based future thinking
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/167608
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-016-2867-5
DO - 10.1007/s10803-016-2867-5
M3 - Article
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 46
SP - 3353
EP - 3360
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
ER -