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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 1371-1377Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0995-x
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Autism; Face recognition; Memory awareness; Theory of mind; Metacognition
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- NICHD NIH HHS [U19 HD035469-08, P01 HD035469, P01-HD35469, P50 HD055748, U19 HD035469-06, U19 HD035469, U19 HD035469-09, U19 HD035469-10, U19 HD035469-07] Funding Source: Medline
- Autism Speaks [AS2174] Funding Source: Medline
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Little is known regarding metacognition in individuals with autism. Specifically, it is unclear how individuals with autism think about their own mental states. The current study assessed memory awareness during a facial recognition task. High-functioning children (M = 13.1 years, n = 18) and adults (M = 27.5 years, n = 16) with autism matched with typically developing children (M = 14.3 years, n = 13) and adults (M 26.9 years, n = 15) were tested. Children with autism demonstrated less accurate memory awareness for faces and less reliable differentiation between their confidence ratings compared to typically developing children. Subtle impairments in memory awareness for faces were also evident in adults with autism. Results indicate that broader metacognitive deficits may exist in individuals with autism, possibly contributing to other known impairments.
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