2: THE MEMORY EPISODE: The ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Guide to Memory
About this episode
Rich and Rox discuss the different types of memory and how ADHD and autism affect them.
This week on LATE BLOOMERS, Rich and Rox break down the six types of memory — and why ADHD and autism hit almost every single one in opposite directions. ADHD struggles hardest with working memory and prospective memory, described as writing on a whiteboard while someone else actively wipes it. But it can come with genuinely excellent semantic and procedural memory, the kind that makes songwriting easier than cleaning the kitchen. Autism runs almost the reverse: strong working, prospective, semantic and episodic memory, but real struggles holding onto the emotion behind a memory, even the painful ones. They also get into why autistic memory relies entirely on a calm nervous system, and Rox's actual advice if you've got ADHD: assume you have no memory at all, and externalise everything. 20% off Loop Earplugs: https://www.loopearplugs.com/adhdlove
People in this episode
Hosts: Rich, Rox
Topics covered
- memory
- ADHD
- autism
- working memory
- prospective memory
- semantic memory
- emotional memory
Keywords
- ADHD
- autism
- memory types
- working memory
- prospective memory
- semantic memory
- emotional memory
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