Do measures of memory, language, and attention predict eyewitness memory in children with and without autism?:

Autism & Developmental Language Impairments

Lucy AHenry¹ 

关键词: Eyewitness;    interviews;    autism;    memory;    language;    attention;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2396941517722139

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background and aimsThere are few investigations of the relationship between cognitive abilities (memory, language, and attention) and children’s eyewitness performance in typically developing children, and even fewer in children on the autism spectrum. Such investigations are important to identify key cognitive processes underlying eyewitness recall, and assess how predictive such measures are compared to intelligence, diagnostic group status (autism or typically developing) and age.MethodsA total of 272 children (162 boys, 110 girls) of age 76 months to 142 months (M = 105 months) took part in this investigation: 71 children with autism and 201 children with typical development. The children saw a staged event involving a minor mock crime and were asked about what they had witnessed in an immediate Brief Interview. This focused on free recall, included a small number of open-ended questions, and was designed to resemble an initial evidence gathering statement taken by police officers arriving at a crime ...

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