Misjudgement of One’s Own Performance? Exploring Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADHD) and Individual Difference in Complex Music and Foreign Language Perception

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15513633
AutoresChristine Gro (0000-0002-0506-7963, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music), Valdis Bernhofs (0000-0001-6845-2773, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music), Eva Möhler (0000-0001-5620-1563, Saarland University), Markus Christiner (0000-0003-3875-7191, University of Graz, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen20
Número19
Páginas6841-6841
Fecha de publicación2023-09-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20196841
PMID37835111
OpenAlexW4387137184
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas90

In previous research, we detected that children and adolescents who were diagnosed with ADHD showed deficits in both complex auditory processing of musical stimuli and in musical performance when compared to controls. In this study, we were interested in whether we could detect similar or distinct findings when we use foreign speech perception tasks. Therefore, we recruited musically naïve participants ( n = 25), music-educated participants ( n = 25) and participants diagnosed with ADHD ( n = 25) who were assessed for their short-term memory (STM) capacity and the ability to discriminate music and speech stimuli and we collected self-ratings of the participants' music and language performances. As expected, we found that young adults with ADHD show deficits in the perception of complex music and difficult speech perception stimuli. We also found that STM capacity was not impaired in young adults with ADHD and may not persist into young adulthood. In addition, subjective self-estimation about the participants' language and music performances revealed that the ADHD group overestimated their performance competence relatively compared to both control groups. As a result, the findings of our study suggest that individuals diagnosed with ADHD require a special training program that not only focuses on improving performance in perceptual skills of music and language but also requires metacognitive training to develop realistic self-assessment skills

Audiology · Auditory perception · Cognitive psychology · Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Perception · Speech perception · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Clinical Psychology · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Medicine · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology