Reality Monitoring and Metamemory in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2186-2198

  Cooper, Rose A ^a   Plaisted Grant, Kate C ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,b   Simons, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Episodic memory; Metacognition; Metamemory; Reality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MEMORY; METAMEMORY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REALITY MONITORING; RECOGNITION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IMAGINATION; MEMORY DISORDERS; METACOGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; METACOGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84959173604     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2749-x     Document Type: Article

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