Game type (variable, n = events) | N | Time effect | Difficulty level effect | Number of items effect |
---|---|---|---|---|
Imitation games | ||||
Imitate free drawing (Imitation score per drawing—n = 562) | 13 | Imitation score increases with session (β = 0.02, p = 0.036)* | NA | NA |
Imitate step by step drawing (Imitation score per drawing—n = 198) | 13 | No effect (β = 0.13, p = 0.089)* | NA | Imitation score increases with the number of steps (β = 0.27, p = 0.047)* |
Imitate speech (Imitation score per words or sentences—n = 315) | 13 | No effect (β = 0.014, p = 0.61)* | No effect (β = −0.21, p = 0.328)* | No effect (β = −0.029, p = 0.72)* |
Imitate sounds (Imitation score per sounds—n = 452) | 13 | Imitation score increases with session (β = 0.037, p = 0.019)* | Imitation score decreases when increasing severity (β = −0.31, p = 0.014)* | No effect (β = 0.05, p = 0.41)* |
Imitate actions (Imitation score per actions—n = 161) | 13 | Imitation score increases with session (β = 0.11, p = 0.039)* | No effect (β = 0.089, p = 0.86)* | No effect (β = −0.43, p = 0.18)* |
Imitate actions and build (Imitation score per contruction—n = 227) | 13 | Imitation score increases with session (β = 0.149, p < 0.001)* | No effect (β = 0.266, p = 0.47)* | Imitation score decreases with the number of cubes (β = −0.1′, p = 0.0176)* |
Guess the instrument | 13 | Bug | Bug | Bug |
Joint attention games | ||||
Follow the therapist’s pointing (RT for good answers—n = 681) | 13 | RT decreases with sessions (β = −0.0045, p = 0.048)** | No effect (β = −0.014, p = 0.247)** | No effect (β = 0.0057, p = 0.428)** |
Cooperative drawing—connect dots (RT—n = 449) | 13 | RT decreases with sessions (β = −0.024, p = 0.045)** | NA | No effect (β = 0.0035, p = 0.51)** |
Bake a recipe (TCT—n = 748) | 14 | RT decreases with sessions (β = −0.021, p < 0.001)** | NA | NA |
Receptive communication (RT for good answers—n = 225) | 14 | No effect (β = −0.002, p = 0.776)** | RT is faster in easy versus difficult condition ( = −0.17, p = 0.021)** | NA |