There is increasing evidence that temporal processing is impaired in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), similar to widely reported temporal processing deficits in other developmental disorders. Children with ASD are reported to show impaired detection of violations in audio-visual temporal synchrony (Bebko, 2006) and impaired duration estimation (Szelag, Kowalska, Galkowski, & Poeppel, 2004). The aim of the project is to investigate temporal processing (event and interval timing) in ASD, and to explore to what extent deficits in these domains may contribute to deficits in communication and social functions. This project is generously funded by the Baily Thomas Charitable Trust and the DFG (German Research Foundation). Contact: autism.research(at)psych.ox.ac.uk or christine.falter(at)psych.ox.ac.uk

Bebko, J. M., Weiss, J. A., Demark, J. L., & Gomez, P. (2006). Discrimination of temporal synchrony in intermodal events by children with autism and children with developmental disabilities without autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47(1), 88-98.

Szelag, E., Kowalska, J., Galkowski, T., and Poppel, E. (2004) Temporal processing deficits in high-functioning children with autism. Br J Psychol 95, 269-282.