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Venus W S Tse1, Jason Crabtree2, Shamsun Islam3
1Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. venus.tse.10@ucl.ac.uk.
Abstract:
This study aimed to compare cognitive and memory abilities between older adults with and without autism over the age of 50. Twenty-eight individuals with autism and 29 typically developing (TD) older adults took part in the current study. Participants' cognitive and memory abilities were assessed by WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. Older autistic adults were found to have poorer performance in processing speed and visual working memory, but they performed at a similar level as TD controls in all other domains. Poorer processing speed and visual working memory are also often found to be associated with age-related decline in neurotypical adults. Longitudinal studies are warranted to explore how the combination of ageing and autism affects cognitive functioning in older adults.
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