Signs of enhanced formation of gist memory in children with autism spectrum disorder - a study of memory functions of sleep.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impaired cognitive and social skills, including emotional dysregulation, and symptoms have been suspected to partly arise from impaired formation of memory representations regulating these behaviours. Sleep, which is subjectively impaired in ASD, is critical for forming long-term memories and abstracted gist-based representations. We expected a generally reduced memory benefit from sleep in children with ASD, and a diminished enhancement of gist representations, in particular. METHODS:We compared effects of sleep on memory consolidation between boys (9-12 years) with ASD (n = 21) and typically developing (TD, n = 20) boys, matched for age and IQ, in a within-subjects crossover design. We employed an emotional picture recognition

SUBMITTER: Kurz EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature