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inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-3 (March 2014) . - p.237-243

Titre :	A lack of self-consciousness in Asperger's disorder but not in PDDNOS: Implication for the clinical importance of ASD subtypes
Type de document :	Texte imprimé et/ou numérique
Auteurs :	Sayaka YOSHIMURA, Auteur ; Motomi TOICHI, Auteur
Article en page(s) :	p.237-243
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  Subtyping  Self-consciousness  Self-information processing  Memory
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Abstract Self-consciousness plays an important role in a person's social life. Assuming that self-consciousness is a key to understanding social impairments in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we examined self-consciousness in individuals with Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) and their controls using an episodic memory task. The PDDNOS group consisted of individuals in a milder subgroup of PDDNOS, with less autistic features than Asperger's disorder. In the learning phase, one of three types of questions (phonological, semantic, self-referential) was asked about each following target word. The target words were all personality trait adjectives. Next, a recognition test was conducted. The PDDNOS group, like the control, showed the most superior performance in self-referential processing (i.e. the self-reference effect) while the Asperger's group did not; however, both the ASD groups revealed an atypical pattern of relationship between memory performance and IQ. Individuals with PDDNOS, unlike those with Asperger's disorder, may be self-conscious to the same degree as typically developing individuals, but the cognitive process leading them to self-consciousness seems atypical, causing social impairments similar to those seen in individuals with Asperger's disorder who lack self-consciousness.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2013.12.005
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[article] A lack of self-consciousness in Asperger's disorder but not in PDDNOS: Implication for the clinical importance of ASD subtypes [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Sayaka YOSHIMURA, Auteur ; Motomi TOICHI, Auteur . - p.237-243.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-3 (March 2014) . - p.237-243

Mots-clés :	Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  Subtyping  Self-consciousness  Self-information processing  Memory
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Abstract Self-consciousness plays an important role in a person's social life. Assuming that self-consciousness is a key to understanding social impairments in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we examined self-consciousness in individuals with Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) and their controls using an episodic memory task. The PDDNOS group consisted of individuals in a milder subgroup of PDDNOS, with less autistic features than Asperger's disorder. In the learning phase, one of three types of questions (phonological, semantic, self-referential) was asked about each following target word. The target words were all personality trait adjectives. Next, a recognition test was conducted. The PDDNOS group, like the control, showed the most superior performance in self-referential processing (i.e. the self-reference effect) while the Asperger's group did not; however, both the ASD groups revealed an atypical pattern of relationship between memory performance and IQ. Individuals with PDDNOS, unlike those with Asperger's disorder, may be self-conscious to the same degree as typically developing individuals, but the cognitive process leading them to self-consciousness seems atypical, causing social impairments similar to those seen in individuals with Asperger's disorder who lack self-consciousness.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2013.12.005
Permalink :	https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=224