Local Processing Bias Impacts Implicit and Explicit Memory in Autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by atypical perception, including processing that biased toward local details rather than global configurations. This bias may impact on memory. The present study examined the effect of this perception both implicit (Experiment 1) and explicit 2) memory in conditions promote either or processing. first experiment consisted an object identification priming task using two distinct encoding conditions: one favoring (Local condition) other (Global drawings. second focused episodic (explicit) with different cartoon recognition tasks favored (i.e., specific details) a each as whole). In addition, all participants underwent general clinical cognitive assessment aimed at documenting their profile enabling correlational analyses experimental tasks. Seventeen ASD 17 typically developing (TD) controls aged from 10 to 16 years participated 13 matched TD were included for experiment. Experiment 1 confirmed preservation effects but, unlike Comparison group, group did not increase his performance after globally oriented 2 revealed led difficulties discriminating lures targets when shared common details. correlation analysis these associated speed inhibition. These preliminary results suggest natural perceptual processes information upon preventing time-limited induce confusion between memories share