Involuntary remembering and ADHD
Do individuals with ADHD symptoms experience high volumes of involuntary memories in everyday life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9619736 |
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| Authors | John H Mace (0000-0002-4904-6865, Eastern Illinois University Charleston Illinois USA, corresponding author), Assegedetch HaileMariam (Eastern Illinois University Charleston Illinois USA), Jian Zhu (0000-0003-0532-4269, Eastern Illinois University Charleston Illinois USA), Natalie Howell (Eastern Illinois University Charleston Illinois USA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 216-232 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.12749 |
| PMID | 39570145 |
| OpenAlex | W4404588270 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
Spontaneous mind wandering has been implicated as a feature of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and researchers have wondered if spontaneous remembering is also a feature of ADHD. In this study, we compared spontaneous cognition, principally involuntary autobiographical memories, in participants who scored inside the ADHD range on BAARS‐IV to those who scored outside of the ADHD range. In Study 1, participants reported their involuntary memories and spontaneous thoughts on a laboratory measure of involuntary memory (the vigilance task), as well as estimated their daily involuntary memory frequencies on a separate questionnaire. The results showed that ADHD range participants did not differ from non‐ADHD range participants in reports of involuntary memories and spontaneous thoughts on the vigilance task, but ADHD range participants estimated higher daily involuntary memory frequencies than non‐ADHD range participants on the questionnaire. Additionally, on the questionnaire, ADHD participants reported that their involuntary memories were less positive and more repetitive than non‐ADHD participants. In Study 2, participants recorded their naturally occurring involuntary memories in a structured diary for 48 hours. The results showed that ADHD range participants had more involuntary memories than non‐ADHD range participants, and they also reported that they experienced them as less positive
Attention deficits · Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Mind-wandering · Psychiatry · Vigilance (psychology) · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Clinical Psychology · Cognitive Functions and Memory · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology
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