An examination of voluntary and involuntary autobiographical retrieval in individuals on the autism spectrum
An examination of voluntary and involuntary autobiographical retrieval in individuals on the autism spectrum
We invite you to participate in a research project examining how being on the autism spectrum affects how individuals remember personal experiences and how they deal with such memories.
You will first be asked to complete several measures of individual differences assessing your mood and your tendency to engage in systematizing behaviours, executive functioning that reflects the style of manipulating, inhibiting and generating information such as numbers and letters. You will also complete a short test of verbal ability as verbal ability can influence autobiographical memory retrieval.
During completion of the memory diary, you will be asked to record a total of ten voluntary memories and ten automatically arising memories, maximum two memories per day. For each memory, you will be asked to complete a questionnaire about the characteristics of the retrieved memory, and how you relate to and cope with it.
All collected data will be confidential. Participation will be rewarded with £10.
Contact details:
Barbara Dritschel ([email protected])
Ethics approval code: PS14174