Memory In Autism
Theory and Evidence
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- Editors:
- Jill Boucher, City University London
- Dermot Bowler, City University London
- Date Published: January 2011
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521184014
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Many people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are remarkably proficient at remembering how things look and sound, even years after an event. They are also good at rote learning and establishing habits and routines. Some even have encyclopaedic memories. However, all individuals with ASD have difficulty in recalling personal memories and reliving experiences, and less able people may have additional difficulty in memorising facts. This book assembles research on memory in autism to examine why this happens and the effects it has on people's lives. The contributors utilise advances in the understanding of normal memory systems and their breakdown as frameworks for analysing the neuropsychology and neurobiology of memory in autism. The unique patterning of memory functions across the spectrum illuminates difficulties with sense of self, emotion processing, mental time travel, language and learning, providing a window into the nature and causes of autism itself.
Read more- Examines advances in the study of memory systems in order to understand the neuropsychology and neurobiology of memory in autism
- Introductory chapter establishes technical terms and concepts
- Features cross-referencing to emphasise the links between chapters and topics
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Review of the hardback: '… a detailed and thorough review of research into memory in autism. It is the only book entirely devoted to this topic and one of the few books to focus exclusively on memory in any neurodevelopmental disorder.' Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology
See more reviewsReview of the hardback: 'As a resource for the investigator of memory in autism, or even cognition more generally, Memory in Autism is an indispensable tool.' Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
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- Date Published: January 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521184014
- length: 384 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.51kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface Peter Hobson and Beate Hermelin
Part I. Introduction:
1. Concepts and theories of memory John M. Gardiner
Part II. The Neurobiology of Memory in Autism:
2. Temporal lobe structures and memory in nonhuman primates: implications for autism Jocelyne Bachevalier
3. Acquired memory disorders in adults: implications for autism Andrew Mayes and Jill Boucher
4. A comparison of memory profiles in relation to neuropathology in autism, developmental amnesia and children born prematurely Claire H. Salmond, Anna-Lynne R. Adlam, David G. Gadian and Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
5. Possible parallels between memory and emotion processing in autism: a neuropsychological perspective Yifat Faran and Dorit Ben Shalom
6. Dysfunction and hyperfunction of the hippocampus in autism? G. Robert Delong
Part III. The Psychology of Memory in Autism:
7. Memory within a complex information processing model of autism Diane L. Williams, Nancy J. Minshew and Gerald Goldstein
8. Episodic memory, semantic memory and self-awareness in high-functioning autism Motomi Toichi
9. Episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness in autistic spectrum disorders: the roles of self awareness, representational abilities and temporal cognition Sophie Lind and Dermot Bowler
10. Impairments in social memory in autism? Evidence from behaviour and neuroimaging Sara Jane Webb
11. Memory characteristics in individuals with savant skills Linda Pring
12. Working memory and immediate memory in autism spectrum disorders Marie Poirier and Jonathan S. Martin
13. Rehearsal and directed forgetting in adults with Asperger syndrome Brenda J. Smith and John M. Gardiner
14. Memory, language and intellectual ability in low-functioning autism Jill Boucher, Andrew Mayes and Sally Bigham
Part IV. Overview:
15. Practical implications of memory characteristics in autistic spectrum disorders Rita R. Jordan
16. A different memory: are distinctions drawn from the study of nonautistic memory appropriate to describe memory in autism? Laurent Mottron, Michelle Dawson and Isabelle Soulières
17. Memory in ASD: enduring themes and future prospects Dermot Bowler and Sebastian B. Gaigg.
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