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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Background:

  • Prospective memory (PM) is crucial for daily functioning.
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by diverse cognitive profiles.
  • Previous research on PM in ASD is limited and inconsistent.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate event-based prospective memory (PM) performance in autistic and non-autistic adults.
  • To examine the influence of varying cognitive load on PM performance in both groups.
  • To contribute to understanding cognitive heterogeneity in ASD.

Main Methods:

  • An event-based PM task embedded within an n-back task.
  • Inclusion of 50 autistic and 51 non-autistic adults, matched for age and non-verbal ability.
  • Manipulation of n-back task difficulty to represent low (2-back) and high (3-back) cognitive load.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in PM performance were found between autistic and non-autistic participants.
  • Cognitive load of the ongoing n-back task did not affect event-based PM performance in either group.
  • This study is the first to examine ongoing task load effects on event-based PM in autistic adults.

Conclusions:

  • Autistic adults demonstrate comparable event-based PM abilities to non-autistic adults.
  • Cognitive load does not appear to be a significant moderator of event-based PM in this context.
  • Findings support the neurodiversity model of ASD, highlighting variability rather than deficits.