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  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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  • False memory production is studied in autistic adults, but differences in susceptibility and underlying mechanisms compared to non-autistic adults are unclear.
  • The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm is a key tool for investigating false memory formation.

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  • To examine the mechanisms of false memory formation in autistic adults.
  • To compare false memory susceptibility and associative processing between autistic and non-autistic adults.

Main Methods:

  • Participants studied DRM word lists designed to elicit a critical lure word.
  • Assessed false memory rates using a recognition test.
  • Evaluated implicit associative processing via word stem completion.
  • Measured explicit associative processing through a free association task.

Main Results:

  • Autistic adults exhibited comparable false memory rates to non-autistic adults.
  • Autistic individuals were equally likely to mention the critical lure in free association tasks.
  • No implicit priming of the critical lure was observed in autistic participants on the word stem completion task.

Conclusions:

  • Autistic adults may utilize less spontaneous semantic activation during memory encoding.
  • They demonstrate the capacity for explicit associative processing when instructed.
  • Findings illuminate the distinct cognitive mechanisms influencing false memory in autism.