Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview
Introduction: The literature has provided contradictory results regarding the status of episodic memory in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This might be explained by methodological differences across studies. In the present one, the well-recommended Autobiographical Interview was used in which impor...
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doaj-a5f2a0be077a4b5886a23e50657a4e482021-02-01T05:01:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-02-011110.3389/fpsyt.2020.593855593855Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical InterviewRomain Coutelle0Marc-André Goltzene1Marie Canton2Mélodie Campiglia-Sabourin3Juliette Rabot4Éric Bizet5Éric Bizet6Marie Schoenberger7Fabrice Berna8Jean-Marie Danion9Department of Psychiatry, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceService de pathologie professionnelle et environnementale, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceUnité de Neuropédiatrie, Centre référent pour les troubles du langage et des apprentissages (CLAP), Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU Brabois, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, FranceUnité de Neuropédiatrie, Centre référent pour les troubles du langage et des apprentissages (CLAP), Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU Brabois, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceCentre hospitalier spécialisé de Rouffach, Centre Ressources Autisme Alsace, Rouffach, FranceUFR de psychologie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceCentre Psychothérapique de Nancy, Centre Ressources Autisme de Lorraine, Nancy, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceIntroduction: The literature has provided contradictory results regarding the status of episodic memory in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This might be explained by methodological differences across studies. In the present one, the well-recommended Autobiographical Interview was used in which important aspects of episodic memory were assessed, namely, the number and richness of phenomenological memory details, before and after a retrieval support.Method: Twenty-five well-documented adults with ASD without Intellectual Disability (nine women) and 25 control participants were included and asked to recall six specific autobiographical events. The number and richness of details were assessed globally and for five categories of details (perceptual/sensory, temporal, contextual, emotional, and cognitive), firstly before and then after a specific cueing phase consisting in a series of specific questions to elicit more precise memory details.Results: Cumulatively, from the spontaneous recall to the cueing phase, the number of internal details was lower in ASD individuals compared to controls, but this difference was relevant only after the specific cueing procedure and observed only for contextual details. In contrast, no relevant group difference was observed during spontaneous recall. The detail richness was not impaired in ASD throughout the Autobiographical Interview procedure.Conclusion: Our results speak against a clear impairment of episodicity of autobiographical memory in ASD individuals. They thus challenge previous ones showing both a reduced specificity and episodicity of autobiographical memory in this population and call for further studies to get a better understanding on the status of episodic autobiographical memory in ASD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.593855/fullautism spectrum disorderepisodicityautobiographical memoryautobiographical interviewcueing |
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Romain Coutelle Marc-André Goltzene Marie Canton Mélodie Campiglia-Sabourin Juliette Rabot Éric Bizet Éric Bizet Marie Schoenberger Fabrice Berna Jean-Marie Danion Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview Frontiers in Psychiatry autism spectrum disorder episodicity autobiographical memory autobiographical interview cueing |
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Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview |
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Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview |
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Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview |
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Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview |
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Episodic Autobiographical Memory in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration With the Autobiographical Interview |
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episodic autobiographical memory in adults with autism spectrum disorder: an exploration with the autobiographical interview |
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Introduction: The literature has provided contradictory results regarding the status of episodic memory in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This might be explained by methodological differences across studies. In the present one, the well-recommended Autobiographical Interview was used in which important aspects of episodic memory were assessed, namely, the number and richness of phenomenological memory details, before and after a retrieval support.Method: Twenty-five well-documented adults with ASD without Intellectual Disability (nine women) and 25 control participants were included and asked to recall six specific autobiographical events. The number and richness of details were assessed globally and for five categories of details (perceptual/sensory, temporal, contextual, emotional, and cognitive), firstly before and then after a specific cueing phase consisting in a series of specific questions to elicit more precise memory details.Results: Cumulatively, from the spontaneous recall to the cueing phase, the number of internal details was lower in ASD individuals compared to controls, but this difference was relevant only after the specific cueing procedure and observed only for contextual details. In contrast, no relevant group difference was observed during spontaneous recall. The detail richness was not impaired in ASD throughout the Autobiographical Interview procedure.Conclusion: Our results speak against a clear impairment of episodicity of autobiographical memory in ASD individuals. They thus challenge previous ones showing both a reduced specificity and episodicity of autobiographical memory in this population and call for further studies to get a better understanding on the status of episodic autobiographical memory in ASD. |
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autism spectrum disorder episodicity autobiographical memory autobiographical interview cueing |
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