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Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Acta Psychologica journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/actpsy Verbal working memory in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis review Wenjun An a,b,1 , Zhongbing Ding a,1 , Ziqiao Zhu a,b , Meng Zhang c , Hongli Xiao a , Peilin Guo a , Fuyi Yang a,∗ , Xiaolong Zhou a,∗ a Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China b Guizhou Education University, Guizhou, China c Department of Education and Psychology, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, China A R T I C L E I N F O Keywords: ASD VWM Deficits Children and adolescents Meta-anaylsis A B S T R A C T In recent years, research has increasingly concentrated on examining verbal working memory (VWM) with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, the findings on whether ASD experience impairments in VWM are inconsistent, which could be attributed to various factors, including age, IQ, task variations, and participant heterogeneity. Therefore, this study undertakes a meta-analysis to review the advancements in research on VWM deficits in ASD, exploring the potential influence of factors such as age, IQ, sample size, and test tasks on ...