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J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Aug;37(7):725-35. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr123. Epub 2012 Mar 1.
Deficits in memory are well-documented in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD); however, one aspect of memory not yet studied in children with FASD is source monitoring. This study examined overall source monitoring ability and performance profiles of children with FASD compared to controls.
Participants included 19 children with FASD and 38 typically developing children (aged 6-12 years). Children were presented with auditory word lists and were required to recall the source of words for reality, external, and internal source monitoring tasks.
Children with FASD showed poorer performance than controls across all three conditions in both recognition memory and memory for source. However, both groups exhibited a comparable pattern of performance across conditions. Specifically, performance was lowest on the internal task and highest on the reality task.
Information about source monitoring deficits further delineates the intricacies of memory deficits in FASD, and has implications for both assessment and intervention.
胎儿酒精谱系障碍（FASD）儿童的记忆缺陷已有充分记录；然而，目前尚未在 FASD 儿童中研究记忆的一个方面是来源监测。本研究比较了 FASD 儿童与对照组的整体来源监测能力和表现特征。
参与者包括 19 名 FASD 儿童和 38 名正常发育儿童（年龄 6-12 岁）。向儿童呈现听觉单词列表，并要求他们回忆现实、外部和内部来源监测任务中单词的来源。
在识别记忆和来源记忆方面，FASD 儿童的表现均劣于对照组，在所有三种情况下均如此。然而，两组在条件之间表现出相似的模式。具体而言，内部任务的表现最低，现实任务的表现最高。
关于来源监测缺陷的信息进一步详细说明了 FASD 中记忆缺陷的复杂性，这对评估和干预都具有意义。
