[article]
| Titre : |
Does Ongoing Task Load Influence Prospective Remembering in Autism Spectrum Disorders? |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Daniela NÃœRNBERG, Auteur ; Mareike ALTGASSEN, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.e70285 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
autism cognitive load ongoing task prospective memory |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
ABSTRACT Prospective memory (PM) refers to the cognitive ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated PM performance in autistic and non-autistic adults as well as the impact of the cognitive load of the ongoing task on PM performance. A total of 50 autistic individuals and 51 age- and non-verbal ability-matched non-autistic individuals completed an event-based PM task, which was embedded into an ongoing n-back task. The cognitive load of the n-back task was varied (2- vs. 3-back for low versus high cognitive load). Results showed that autistic participants did not differ from non-autistic participants in their PM performance. The cognitive load of the ongoing task had no impact on event-based PM performance in both groups. This is the first study to investigate the impact of ongoing task load on event-based PM performance in autistic adults. The results support the neurodiversity perspective of ASD as a highly heterogeneous population which is not necessarily characterized by reduced PM performance. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70285 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=589 |
in Autism Research > 19-7 (July 2026) . - p.e70285
[article] Does Ongoing Task Load Influence Prospective Remembering in Autism Spectrum Disorders? [texte imprimé] / Daniela NÜRNBERG, Auteur ; Mareike ALTGASSEN, Auteur . - p.e70285. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Autism Research > 19-7 (July 2026) . - p.e70285
| Mots-clés : |
autism cognitive load ongoing task prospective memory |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
ABSTRACT Prospective memory (PM) refers to the cognitive ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated PM performance in autistic and non-autistic adults as well as the impact of the cognitive load of the ongoing task on PM performance. A total of 50 autistic individuals and 51 age- and non-verbal ability-matched non-autistic individuals completed an event-based PM task, which was embedded into an ongoing n-back task. The cognitive load of the n-back task was varied (2- vs. 3-back for low versus high cognitive load). Results showed that autistic participants did not differ from non-autistic participants in their PM performance. The cognitive load of the ongoing task had no impact on event-based PM performance in both groups. This is the first study to investigate the impact of ongoing task load on event-based PM performance in autistic adults. The results support the neurodiversity perspective of ASD as a highly heterogeneous population which is not necessarily characterized by reduced PM performance. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70285 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=589 |
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Does Ongoing Task Load Influence Prospective Remembering in Autism Spectrum Disorders? in Autism Research, 19-7 (July 2026)
