title: 'Everyday memory' impairments in autism spectrum disorders.
abstract: 'Everyday memory' is conceptualised as memory within the context of day-to-day life and, despite its functional relevance, has been little studied in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). In the first study of its kind, 94 adolescents with an ASD and 55 without an ASD completed measures of everyday memory from the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) and a standard word recall task (Children's Auditory Verbal Learning Test-2: CAVLT-2). The ASD group showed significant impairments on the RBMT, including in prospective memory, alongside impaired performance on the CAVLT-2. Social and communication ability was significantly associated with prospective remembering in an everyday memory context but not with the CAVLT-2. The complex nature of everyday memory and its relevance to ASD is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Autism and Education, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, London, WC1H 0AL, UK. c.jones@ioe.ac.uk
authors.forename: Catherine R G
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Happé
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pickles
authors.forename: Anita J S
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: Jenifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tregay
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simonoff
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Charman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests