Coarser event segmentation and impaired temporal order memory in subclinical ADHD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21533342 |
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| Authors | Carolin Schönenkorb (Maastricht University), Sonja A Kotz (0000-0002-5894-4624, Maastricht University), Vincent van de Ven (0000-0001-8735-3711, Maastricht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-0727 • E-ISSN: 1430-2772 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00426-026-02274-w |
| PMID | 41806045 |
| OpenAlex | W7134822735 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 67 |
We segment a naturalistic, narrative stimulus based on our perception of contextual boundaries. People differ in how they perceive event boundaries, affecting their segmentation and subsequent recall of the temporal structure of the events. Understanding individual difference factors that affect boundary processing will provide further insight in how individuals segment and memorize a naturalistic stimulus. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that is characterized by altered or impaired temporal attentional allocation. It would follow that participants with a high ADHD predisposition are more likely to miss boundaries and thereby segment a narrative stimulus differently than participants with low ADHD scores. However, it is not known if temporal memory varies with ADHD scores. We report an online study ( N = 71) in which we tested boundary reporting and temporal order memory performance of a 22-minute sitcom episode in a sample of healthy volunteers that individually varied in self-reported ADHD scores. Results showed a negative correlation between self-reported ADHD scores and number of reported event boundaries, i.e., participants with higher ADHD scores reported fewer boundaries. Further, participants with higher ADHD scores performed more poorly than lower scoring participants for the temporal order of scene frames crossing a boundary, but not for frames presented in the same scene. These findings can be explained by models of impaired dynamic attentional allocation in ADHD. We discuss our findings in light of current literature and suggest that segmentation of naturalistic stimuli is a potentially powerful way of studying cognition and memory in ADHD
Segmentation · Subclinical infection · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Cognitive Functions and Memory · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Working Memory
The timing mega-study
The World Health Organization adult ADHD self-report scale (ASRS)
Event Perception and Memory
Mental Models in Narrative Comprehension
Headphone screening to facilitate web-based auditory experiments
Perceiving, remembering, and communicating structure in events.
Segmentation in the perception and memory of events
The Prevalence of DSM-IV Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The dynamics of attending
PsychoPy2
Executive Functions
Prediction error is out of context
Time changes
Effects of a narrative template on memory for the time of movie scenes
Multisensory synchrony of contextual boundaries affects temporal order memory, but not encoding or recognition
Do doorways really matter
Reconstructive nature of temporal memory for movie scenes
Neural Correlates of Working Memory Deficits in Different Adult Outcomes of ADHD
The perceptual organization of ongoing behavior
Geometric models reveal behavioural and neural signatures of transforming experiences into memories
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