Research article summary (published 30 Oct 2000):

Memory illusions: false recall and recognition in adults with Asperger's syndrome.

Full Abstract

As persons on the autistic spectrum are known not to use semantic features of word lists to aid recall, they might show diminished susceptibility to illusory memories that typically occur with lists of associated items. Alternatively, since such individuals also have poor source monitoring, they might show greater susceptibility. The authors found that adults with Asperger's syndrome (n = 10) recalled similar proportions of a nonpresented strong associate of the study list items, compared with controls (n = 15). In Experiment 2, rates of true and false recognition of study list associates did not differ significantly between Asperger (n = 10) and control (n = 10) participants. Moreover, the Asperger participants made fewer remember and more know judgments than controls for veridical but not for false recognitions. Thus, deficits found in some aspects of memory in people with Asperger's syndrome do not affect their susceptibility to memory illusions.

Author information

Author/s: Bowler, D M (DM); Gardiner, J M (JM); Grice, S (S); Saavalainen, P (P);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, City University, London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom. d.m.bowler(-atsign-)city.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of abnormal psychology (J Abnorm Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-Nov; vol 109 (issue 4) : pp 663-72

Dates: Created 2001/01/23; Completed 2001/02/22; Revised 2009/11/11;

PMID: 11195990, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/11/2009, IMS Date: )

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Comments and Corrections

ErratumIn: J Abnorm Psychol 2001 May;110(2):215.

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Adult Asperger Syndrome - diagnosis; psychology Attention Female Humans Illusions

Illusions Male Middle Aged Paired-Associate Learning Reference Values Repression

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