Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, USA.
Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, Williams Hall, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Sep;51(9):3085-3097. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04770-3. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
Autobiographical memory (AM) is a socially-relevant cognitive skill. Little is known regarding AM during early childhood in ASD. Parent-child reminiscing conversations predict AM in non-ASD populations but have rarely been examined in autism. To address this gap, 17 preschool-aged children (ages 4-6 years) with ASD and 21 children without ASD matched on age, sex, and expressive language completed assessments of AM, executive functioning, self-related variables, and a parent-child reminiscing task. Children with ASD had less specific AM, which related to theory of mind, self-concept, and working memory. AM specificity also related to child observed autism traits. Mothers of children with ASD made more closed-ended and off-topic utterances during reminiscing, although only maternal open-ended elaborations predicted better AM in ASD.
自传体记忆（Autobiographical memory，AM）是一种与社会相关的认知技能。在自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的早期，人们对 AM 的了解甚少。父母与孩子之间的回忆对话可以预测非 ASD 人群的 AM，但在自闭症中很少被研究。为了填补这一空白，17 名学龄前自闭症儿童（4-6 岁）和 21 名年龄、性别和表达性语言相匹配的非自闭症儿童完成了 AM、执行功能、自我相关变量以及父母-孩子回忆任务的评估。自闭症儿童的 AM 特异性较差，与心理理论、自我概念和工作记忆有关。AM 的特异性也与儿童观察到的自闭症特征有关。自闭症儿童的母亲在回忆时会说出更多的封闭式和离题的话语，尽管只有母亲开放式的详细说明可以预测自闭症儿童更好的 AM。
