Episodic and Semantic Autobiographical Memory in Adultswith Autism Spectrum Disorders

摘要

Episodic and semantic autobiographical mem-ories were examined in a group of adults with autismspectrum disorders (ASD) and a control group matched forage, gender and IQ. Results demonstrated a personal epi-sodic memory deficit in the ASD group in the absence of apersonal semantic memory deficit, suggesting a deficitdissociation between these two components of memory inASD. Further analysis of memories across different life-time periods revealed the adolescent and early adult life-time periods to facilitate memory recall in the controlgroup, but not in the ASD group. These findings suggest adistinctive pattern of remembering in ASD.