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We investigated visual memory and sustained attention in youths with ASD and typically developing (TD) youths.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291714003201_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>We recruited 143 pairs of youths with ASD (males 93.7%; mean age 13.1, <jats:sc>s.d.<\/jats:sc> 3.5 years) and age- and sex-matched TD youths. The ASD group consisted of 67 youths with autistic disorder (autism) and 76 with Asperger's disorder (AS) based on the DSM-IV criteria. They were assessed using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery involving the visual memory [spatial recognition memory (SRM), delayed matching to sample (DMS), paired associates learning (PAL)] and sustained attention (rapid visual information processing; RVP).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291714003201_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Youths with ASD performed significantly worse than TD youths on most of the tasks; the significance disappeared in the superior intelligence quotient (IQ) subgroup. The response latency on the tasks did not differ between the ASD and TD groups. Age had significant main effects on SRM, DMS, RVP and part of PAL tasks and had an interaction with diagnosis in DMS and RVP performance. There was no significant difference between autism and AS on visual tasks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291714003201_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings implied that youths with ASD had a wide range of visual memory and sustained attention impairment that was moderated by age and IQ, which supports temporal and frontal lobe dysfunction in ASD. 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