Time-based and event-based prospective memory in autism spectrum disorder: The roles of executive function and theory of mind, and time estimation
Williams, D., Boucher, J., Lind, S. E. & Jarrold, C. (2013). Time-based and event-based prospective memory in autism spectrum disorder: The roles of executive function and theory of mind, and time estimation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(7), pp. 1555-1567. doi: 10.1007/s10803-012-1703-9
Abstract
Prospective memory (remembering to carry out an action in the future) has been studied relatively little in ASD. We explored time-based (carry out an action at a pre-specified time) and event-based (carry out an action upon the occurrence of a pre-specified event) prospective memory, as well as possible cognitive correlates, among 21 intellectually high-functioning children with ASD, and 21 age- and IQ-matched neurotypical comparison children. We found impaired time-based, but undiminished event-based, prospective memory among children with ASD. In the ASD group, time-based prospective memory performance was associated significantly with diminished theory of mind, but not with diminished cognitive flexibility. There was no evidence that time-estimation ability contributed to time-based prospective memory impairment in ASD.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Publisher Keywords: | Autism, prospective memory, theory of mind, executive functioning, cognitive flexibility, setshifting, time-perception |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Language & Communication Science |
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