Associative Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder (MEM-TA)

Caen University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Autistic Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Neuropsychological assessment; Other: Electroencephalography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02265094

2014- A00481-46

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the neural substrates of associative memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder using both behavioural and EEG assessments.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Right handed children from 10 to 18 years old

• Informed consent signed by the legal representative and adolescent himself.

• Medical Examinations, psychopathology, and cognitive examination in accordance with inclusion and exclusion criteria specific to each population:

  • People with ASD:

    • Participants with ASD without mental retardation with a diagnosis in reference to the DSM V criteria

  • Controls : Participants without ASD

Main exclusion criteria:

• mental retardation,
• schizophrenia,
• ADHD,
• head injury with lost of consciousness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients

Experimental group

Description:

Electroencephalography and neuropsychological tests in children with autism

Treatment:

Other: Electroencephalography

Behavioral: Neuropsychological assessment

Control

Experimental group

Description:

Electroencephalography and neuropsychological tests in children without autism

Treatment:

Other: Electroencephalography

Behavioral: Neuropsychological assessment