MEMORY IN AUTISM by Jill Boucher (Editor), Dermot Bowler (Editor) ( 9780521862882 )

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Title:

MEMORY IN AUTISM
THEORY AND EVIDENCE

By:

Jill Boucher (Editor), Dermot Bowler (Editor)

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Hardback

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0521862884

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9780521862882

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 May, 2008

Pages:

384

Description:

A fascinating compilation of research into memory in autism and its effect on people's lives.

Synopsis:

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.

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14 b/w illus. 8 tables

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Cambridge University Press

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