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

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