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Self-Other Source Memory Monitoring Impairment in Children with Autism: The Role of Allocation of Study Time

  • Xuelian JIN ,
  • Yingjie JIANG
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  • 1. School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024
    2. School of Applied Psychology, Jilin Medical University, Jilin 132013

Received date: 2022-08-24

  Online published: 2023-01-17

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Abstract

This study attempted to investigate the characteristics of self-other source memory monitoring and the role of study time allocation in children with autism by using an object-naming source memory task and the eye tracking technique. The results showed that: 1) The accuracy of self-sourced memory monitoring was significantly higher than that of other source memory monitoring in children with autism, but the accuracy of self-sourced and other-sourced memory monitoring was significantly lower than that of normal children. 2) The study time of self-sourced memory in autistic children was significantly shorter than that in normal children. 3) During the dynamic allocation of study time, the study time of self-sourced memory was longer than that of other-sourced memory in children with autism and normal children. These findings suggest that the accuracy of self-sourced memory monitoring in children with autism is compromised, as manifested by overestimation. The cognitive mechanism may be that children with autism allocate less study time to self-sourced and other-sourced memory than normal children.

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Xuelian JIN , Yingjie JIANG . Self-Other Source Memory Monitoring Impairment in Children with Autism: The Role of Allocation of Study Time[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022 , 20(6) : 768 -774 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.06.008

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