自我报告的自闭症年轻人的记忆和相关的现实世界结果
Mary Godfrey1, Goldie A McQuaid2, Gregory L Wallace3
1Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.
Research in autism spectrum disorders
|August 14, 2025
概括
自闭症成年人报告的记忆问题比神经典型成年人更多,影响日常生活和中学后的成功. 这些记忆问题可能会指导未来对自闭症患者的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 自闭症谱系障碍研究研究
背景情况:
- 自闭症成年人在实验室环境中经常表现出较弱的记忆性能.
- 对自闭症成年人自我报告记忆的研究是有限的.
- 记忆障碍会影响自闭症患者的日常生活.
研究的目的:
- 在大量自闭症成年人的样本中描述自我报告的记忆问题.
- 为了比较自闭症和神经类型成年人之间的记忆抱怨.
- 检查自闭症成年人记忆抱怨和现实世界结果之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 对比了396名自闭症和396名神经类型成年人 (18-39岁) 的前性和后性记忆问卷答复.
- 从西蒙斯强化自闭症研究 (SPARK) 注册表中招募自闭症成年人.
- 检查了记忆投诉与日常生活活动 (ADLs),中学后就业和教育之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 年轻的自闭症成年人在所有记忆类型中报告的记忆问题比神经类型同龄人要多得多.
- 自闭症成年人表现出类似的投诉模式,更多的是前性而不是后性记忆问题.
- 增加的记忆抱怨与ADL的独立性降低和较差的中学后结果相关.
结论:
- 自闭症成年人的主观记忆抱怨与现实世界的运作有着显著的联系.
- 记忆能力对于自闭症个体的日常生活技能和中学后成功至关重要.
- 记忆问题是未来自闭症干预发展的潜在目标.
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