The Performance of Visual, Auditory, and Motor Cognitive Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Taiwan

Figures & data

Table 1 The Number of ASD at Pre-and Post-Switching Phase of Cognitive Flexibility

			Post-Switch		p
			Fail	Pass
Visual	Pre-switch	Fail	0	0
		Pass	9	10	0.004
Auditory	Pre-switch	Fail	0	0
		Pass	15	4	0.000
Motor	Pre-switch	Fail	0	0
		Pass	16	3	0.000

Table 2 Age on the Difference in Total Scores of the Cognitive Flexibility

	Age	Mean	SD	Mann–Whitney	p
Visual	4	8.20	2.35	−2.64**	0.008
	5	11.33	1.32
Auditory	4	7.60	2.41	−0.44	0.66
	5	8.33	2.65
Motor	4	6.90	1.37	−0.27	0.78
	5	7.56	2.55

Note: **P < 0.01.

Table 3 The Spearman’s Rho Coefficient Among These Variables

	ABCT	Visual CF	Auditory CF	Motor CF
ABCT	1
Visual CF	−0.57*	1
Auditory CF	−0.60**	0.41	1
Motor CF	−0.64**	0.30	0.51*	1

Notes: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.

Abbreviation: CF, cognitive flexibility.