Aperçu: G.M.
Les
analyses des résultats individuels ont suggéré que la mémoire pour les
détails de la plupart des adultes diagnostiqués TSA n'a pas été altérée
lors de l'application d'une norme clinique; Cependant,
un pourcentage important de ces adultes n'a pas utilisé
d'informations thématiques pour organiser l'information narrative, ce
qui aurait aidé à se souvenir des histoires. Les
jeunes avec et sans TSA avaient des résultats identiques quand les
deux étaient à un stade de développement lorsque la mémoire pour les
détails est la stratégie principale. Les
adultes avec un diagnostic de TSA ont eu de la difficulté à utiliser des
stratégies organisationnelles pour soutenir la mémoire épisodique.
Autism Res. 2017 Apr 27. doi: 10.1002/aur.1801.
Long-term memory in older children/adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder
Williams DL1, Minshew NJ2, Goldstein G3, Mazefsky CA4.
Author information
- 1
- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 2
- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 3
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 4
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
This
study extends prior memory reports in autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
by investigating memory for narratives after longer recall periods and
by examining developmental aspects of narrative memory using a
cross-sectional design. Forty-seven older children/adolescents with ASD
and 31 youth with typical development (TD) and 39 adults with ASD and 45
TD adults were compared on memory for stories from standardized
measures appropriate for each age group at three intervals (immediate,
30 min, and 2 day). Both the youth with and without ASD had difficulty
with memory for story details with increasing time intervals. More of
the youths with ASD performed in the range of impairment when recalling
the stories 2 days later as compared to the TD group. The adults with
ASD had more difficulty on memory for story details with increasing
delay and were poorer at recall of thematic information (needed to
create a gist) across the three delay conditions as compared to the TD
group. Analyses of the individual results suggested that memory for
details of most of the adults with ASD was not impaired when applying a
clinical standard; however, a significant percentage of the adults with
ASD did not make use of thematic information to organize the narrative
information, which would have helped them to remember the stories. The
youth with and without ASD performed similarly when both were at a stage
of development when memory for details is the primary strategy. The
adults with ASD had difficulty with use organizational strategies to
support episodic memory. Autism Res 2017. © 2017 International Society
for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
© 2017 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- PMID: 28448695
- DOI: 10.1002/aur.1801
