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Auteur David J. MESSER |
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Do measures of memory, language, and attention predict eyewitness memory in children with and without autism? / Lucy A. HENRY in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2 (January-December 2017)
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Titre : Do measures of memory, language, and attention predict eyewitness memory in children with and without autism? Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Lucy A. HENRY, Auteur ; David J. MESSER, Auteur ; Rachel WILCOCK, Auteur ; Gilly NASH, Auteur ; Mimi KIRKE-SMITH, Auteur ; Zoe HOBSON, Auteur ; Laura CRANE, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aimsThere are few investigations of the relationship between cognitive abilities (memory, language, and attention) and children?s eyewitness performance in typically developing children, and even fewer in children on the autism spectrum. Such investigations are important to identify key cognitive processes underlying eyewitness recall, and assess how predictive such measures are compared to intelligence, diagnostic group status (autism or typically developing) and age.MethodsA total of 272 children (162 boys, 110 girls) of age 76 months to 142 months (M=105 months) took part in this investigation: 71 children with autism and 201 children with typical development. The children saw a staged event involving a minor mock crime and were asked about what they had witnessed in an immediate Brief Interview. This focused on free recall, included a small number of open-ended questions, and was designed to resemble an initial evidence gathering statement taken by police officers arriving at a crime scene. Children were also given standardised tests of intelligence, memory, language, and attention.Results & conclusionsDespite the autism group recalling significantly fewer items of correct information than the typically developing group at Brief Interview, both groups were equally accurate in their recall: 89% of details recalled by the typically developing group and 87% of the details recalled by the autism group were correct. To explore the relationship between Brief Interview performance and the cognitive variables, alongside age, diagnostic group status and non-verbal intelligence quotient, multiple hierarchical regression analyses were conducted, with Brief Interview performance as the dependant variable. Age and diagnostic group status were significant predictors of correct recall, whereas non-verbal intelligence was less important. After age, non-verbal intelligence, and diagnostic group status had been accounted for, the only cognitive variables that were significant predictors of Brief Interview performance were measures of memory (specifically, memory for faces and memory for stories). There was little evidence of there being differences between the autism and typically developing groups in the way the cognitive variables predicted the Brief Interview.ImplicationsThe findings provide reassurance that age ? the most straightforward information to which all relevant criminal justice professionals have access ? provides a helpful indication of eyewitness performance. The accuracy of prediction can be improved by knowing the child?s diagnostic status (i.e. whether the child is on the autism spectrum), and further still by using more specific assessments (namely memory for faces and memory for stories), possibly via the input of a trained professional. Importantly, the findings also confirm that whilst children with autism may recall less information than typically developing children, the information they do recall is just as accurate. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941517722139 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=386
in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments > 2 (January-December 2017)[article] Do measures of memory, language, and attention predict eyewitness memory in children with and without autism? [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Lucy A. HENRY, Auteur ; David J. MESSER, Auteur ; Rachel WILCOCK, Auteur ; Gilly NASH, Auteur ; Mimi KIRKE-SMITH, Auteur ; Zoe HOBSON, Auteur ; Laura CRANE, Auteur.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments > 2 (January-December 2017)
Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aimsThere are few investigations of the relationship between cognitive abilities (memory, language, and attention) and children?s eyewitness performance in typically developing children, and even fewer in children on the autism spectrum. Such investigations are important to identify key cognitive processes underlying eyewitness recall, and assess how predictive such measures are compared to intelligence, diagnostic group status (autism or typically developing) and age.MethodsA total of 272 children (162 boys, 110 girls) of age 76 months to 142 months (M=105 months) took part in this investigation: 71 children with autism and 201 children with typical development. The children saw a staged event involving a minor mock crime and were asked about what they had witnessed in an immediate Brief Interview. This focused on free recall, included a small number of open-ended questions, and was designed to resemble an initial evidence gathering statement taken by police officers arriving at a crime scene. Children were also given standardised tests of intelligence, memory, language, and attention.Results & conclusionsDespite the autism group recalling significantly fewer items of correct information than the typically developing group at Brief Interview, both groups were equally accurate in their recall: 89% of details recalled by the typically developing group and 87% of the details recalled by the autism group were correct. To explore the relationship between Brief Interview performance and the cognitive variables, alongside age, diagnostic group status and non-verbal intelligence quotient, multiple hierarchical regression analyses were conducted, with Brief Interview performance as the dependant variable. Age and diagnostic group status were significant predictors of correct recall, whereas non-verbal intelligence was less important. After age, non-verbal intelligence, and diagnostic group status had been accounted for, the only cognitive variables that were significant predictors of Brief Interview performance were measures of memory (specifically, memory for faces and memory for stories). There was little evidence of there being differences between the autism and typically developing groups in the way the cognitive variables predicted the Brief Interview.ImplicationsThe findings provide reassurance that age ? the most straightforward information to which all relevant criminal justice professionals have access ? provides a helpful indication of eyewitness performance. The accuracy of prediction can be improved by knowing the child?s diagnostic status (i.e. whether the child is on the autism spectrum), and further still by using more specific assessments (namely memory for faces and memory for stories), possibly via the input of a trained professional. Importantly, the findings also confirm that whilst children with autism may recall less information than typically developing children, the information they do recall is just as accurate. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941517722139 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=386 Executive functioning in children with specific language impairment / Lucy A. HENRY in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53-1 (January 2012)
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Titre : Executive functioning in children with specific language impairment Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Lucy A. HENRY, Auteur ; David J. MESSER, Auteur ; Gilly NASH, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : p.37-45 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Specific language impairment executive functioning children verbal IQ nonverbal IQ Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background: A limited range of evidence suggests that children with specific language impairment (SLI) have difficulties with higher order thinking and reasoning skills (executive functioning, EF). This study involved a comprehensive investigation of EF in this population taking into account the contributions of age, nonverbal IQ and verbal ability. Methods: Ten separate measures of EF were assessed in 160 children: 41 had SLI; 31 had low language/cognitive functioning but did not fulfil the criteria for SLI (low language functioning or LLF); and 88 were typically developing with no language difficulties. Group differences in performance were assessed after controlling for age, nonverbal IQ and verbal ability in a series of regression analyses. Results: Children with SLI and LLF had significantly lower performance than typical children on 6 of the 10 EF tasks once age and nonverbal IQ had been controlled (verbal and nonverbal executive-loaded working memory, verbal and nonverbal fluency, nonverbal inhibition and nonverbal planning). Performance on these EF tasks remained lower for those in the SLI group even when verbal IQ was entered in the regressions. Conclusions: Children with language impairments showed marked difficulties on a range of EF tasks. These difficulties were present even when adjustments were made for their verbal abilities. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02430.x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=148
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 53-1 (January 2012) . - p.37-45[article] Executive functioning in children with specific language impairment [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Lucy A. HENRY, Auteur ; David J. MESSER, Auteur ; Gilly NASH, Auteur . - 2012 . - p.37-45.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 53-1 (January 2012) . - p.37-45
Mots-clés : Specific language impairment executive functioning children verbal IQ nonverbal IQ Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background: A limited range of evidence suggests that children with specific language impairment (SLI) have difficulties with higher order thinking and reasoning skills (executive functioning, EF). This study involved a comprehensive investigation of EF in this population taking into account the contributions of age, nonverbal IQ and verbal ability. Methods: Ten separate measures of EF were assessed in 160 children: 41 had SLI; 31 had low language/cognitive functioning but did not fulfil the criteria for SLI (low language functioning or LLF); and 88 were typically developing with no language difficulties. Group differences in performance were assessed after controlling for age, nonverbal IQ and verbal ability in a series of regression analyses. Results: Children with SLI and LLF had significantly lower performance than typical children on 6 of the 10 EF tasks once age and nonverbal IQ had been controlled (verbal and nonverbal executive-loaded working memory, verbal and nonverbal fluency, nonverbal inhibition and nonverbal planning). Performance on these EF tasks remained lower for those in the SLI group even when verbal IQ was entered in the regressions. Conclusions: Children with language impairments showed marked difficulties on a range of EF tasks. These difficulties were present even when adjustments were made for their verbal abilities. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02430.x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=148