A Virtual Week study of prospective memory function in autism spectrum disorders

Henry, Julie D.; Terrett, Gill; Altgassen, Mareike; Raponi-Saunders, Sandra; Ballhausen, Nicola; Schnitzspahn, Katharina M.; Rendell, Peter G.

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2014.01.011

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“…Hence, it does appear that retrospective memory may be contributing to the PM deficits in ASD compared to controls and thus high retrospective memory demands may impair PM in ASD. Hence, our results contradict Henry et al's (2014) study, who reported no differences between regular and irregular PM task performance in children with ASD. Possibly, these differences were due to the two different age groups that were studied.…”

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“…It is designed to represent PM in daily life (Rendell & Craik, 2000) and has been developed as a computer-based task (Rendell & Henry, 2009). The recently published study by Henry et al (2014) confirmed Virtual Week's validity by showing a significant correlation between PM measures of the task and everyday functioning in ASD. The test is presented like a board game, in which participants move a token around the board with the roll of a dice (see Fig.…”

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“…Taking results of both studies together provides new insights in PM development in ASD and its underlying mechanisms. Whereas monitoring performance seems to (mainly) contribute to PM in childhood (as concluded by Henry et al, 2014), adults' PM seems to depend more on retrospective memory. Future studies should follow on the development of PM in ASD longitudinally and should test whether different manipulations of a PM task impact on PM task performance in children and adults differentially.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Besides investigating PM with lab-based tasks, research should also focus on PM performance in everyday-life and investigate how PM deficits may impact everyday behaviors and difficulties in ASD. Even though Henry et al (2014) found relations between PM and a measure of functional independence, future research should address PM tasks in natural settings and test whether possible deficits relate to individuals with ASD's deficits to structure everyday life. Furthermore, developing strategies to improve PM in ASD seems necessary.…”

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“…Virtual Week does not only allow to assess PM with life-like tasks, but also to systematically vary retrospective memory demands of the PM tasks by applying regular (i.e., low retrospective memory demanding) and irregular (i.e., highly demanding) PM tasks (Foster et al, 2013). Henry et al (2014) reported no performance differences between regular and irregular PM tasks in ASD and concluded that PM deficits in ASD are not primarily driven by memory storage deficits. Given that this was the first study to directly focus on the impact of retrospective memory on PM in children with ASD and no study examined this relation in an adult ASD sample, the present study wanted to further explore the influence of retrospective memory load on PM task performance in adults with ASD.…”

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A Virtual Week study of prospective memory function in autism spectrum disorders

Cited by 46 publications

References 35 publications

Prospective memory in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: Exploring effects of implementation intentions and retrospective memory load

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Spatial navigation from same and different directions: The role of executive functions, memory and attention in adults with autism spectrum disorder

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