ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020
Executive Functioning in 60+ Autistic Males: The Discrepancy Between Experienced Challenges and Cognitive Performance.
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- The cognitive profile of middle-aged and older adults with high vs. low autistic traits.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- Electrophysiological signatures of brain aging in autism spectrum disorder.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2022Article
- Parallel age-related cognitive effects in autism: A cross-sectional replication study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- The Relationship of Age with the Autism-Spectrum Quotient Scale in a Large Sample of Adults.Autism in adulthood · 2021Article
- Ageing and heterogeneity regarding autism spectrum conditions: a protocol paper of an accelerated longitudinal study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Relationship Between Task-Based and Parent Report-Based Measures of Attention and Executive Function in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).Journal of pediatric neuropsychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
As executive functioning (EF) is especially sensitive to age-related cognitive decline, EF was evaluated by using a multi-method assessment. Fifty males (60-85 years) with a late adulthood autism spectrum condition (ASC) diagnosis and 51 non-ASC males (60-83 years) were compared on cognitive tests across EF domains (cognitive flexibility, planning, processing speed, and working memory) and a self- and proxy report of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version. While no objective performance differences emerged, autistic males and their proxies did report more EF challenges than non-ASC males on the subjective measure. In order to know how to support the older autistic men who received their ASC diagnosis in late adulthood with their daily life EF challenges, it is important to understand what underlies these subjective EF problems.
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