Eyewitness identification in child witnesses on the autism spectrum

ConclusionsThese preliminary findings suggest that group differences between autistic and TD children may not always emerge on an ecologically valid, real world eyewitness identification lineup task, despite autistic children showing poorer performance on a standardized face memory task. However, as identification performance in both groups was low, it remains important for future research to identify how to scaffold eyewitness identification performance in both children with and without an autism diagnosis.
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research