Impaired self‐processing in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is believed to be closely associated with social‐communicative deficits, a core symptom of ASD. In three experiments, we aimed to investigate (a) whether children with ASD exhibited deficient in self‐processing, as reflected by their superior memory for self‐related items as compared to other‐related items, and (b) the role that action played in promoting self‐processing in ASD. In Experiment 1, children with ASD, children with intellectual disability (ID), and typically developing children were asked to memorize items on the cards assigned to them or to the experimenter. The results indicated that the TD and ID groups had a self‐referential memory advantage, but the ASD group did not. Experiments 2 and 3 examined whether the deficit in self‐processing among children with ASDs was ameliorated when participants performed or observed an action to indicate the ownership of the items. We found that when children with ASD performed self‐generated actions or observed virtual actions, they displayed a similar self‐referential memory advantage as the other two groups. Our findings reveal that action plays an important role in the self‐processing in children with ASD, and thereby contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of self‐processing deficits in this population. Autism Res 2020, 13: 810–820. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research,Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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行动胜于雄辩：自闭症儿童的行动在自荐优势中的作用。

据认为，自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的自我加工能力受损与社交沟通缺陷密切相关，这是ASD的核心症状。在三个实验中，我们旨在调查（a）自闭症儿童是否表现出自我加工能力不足，这是由他们对与自相关项目的记忆力强于与其他相关项目的记忆力所反映出来的；以及（b）行动发挥的作用促进ASD中的自我处理。在实验1中，患有ASD的儿童，智障儿童（ID）以及典型的发育中的儿童被要求记住分配给他们或实验者的卡片上的物品。结果表明，TD和ID组具有自我参照的记忆优势，而ASD组则没有。实验2和3检验了当参与者进行或观察到表明物品所有权的行为时，ASD儿童自我处理能力的不足是否得到缓解。我们发现，患有ASD的儿童执行自我生成的动作或观察虚拟动作时，与其他两组人相比，显示出相似的自我指称记忆优势。我们的研究结果表明，行动在ASD儿童的自我加工中起着重要作用，从而有助于更全面地了解该人群的自我加工缺陷。他们显示出与其他两组相似的自我指称记忆优势。我们的研究结果表明，行动在ASD儿童的自我加工中起着重要作用，从而有助于更全面地了解该人群的自我加工缺陷。他们显示出与其他两组相似的自我指称记忆优势。我们的研究结果表明，行动在ASD儿童的自我加工中起着重要作用，从而有助于更全面地了解该人群的自我加工缺陷。Autism Res 2020，13：810-820。©2020国际自闭症研究协会，Wiley Periodicals，Inc.。