Comparing Intellectual and Memory Abilities of Older Autistic Adults with Typically Developing Older Adults Using WAIS-IV and WMS-IV

This study aimed to compare cognitive and memory abilities between older adults with and without autism over the age of 50. Twenty-eight individuals with autism and 29 typically developing (TD) older adults took part in the current study. Participants’ cognitive and memory abilities were assessed by WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. Older autistic adults were found to have poorer performance in processing speed and visual working memory, but they performed at a similar level as TD controls in all other domains. Poorer processing speed and visual working memory are also often found to be associated with age-related decline in neurotypical adults. Longitudinal studies are warranted to explore how the combination of ageing and autism affects cognitive functioning in older adults.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

• Publication date

  2019-08-22

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s10803-019-04122-wPMID 31440868PMCID 6751140
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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