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High ADHD Traits Prevent Expected Learning Speedup, Study Finds

7/26/2026

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Karolina Horváth reported that participants with high ADHD-like traits did not gain the expected statistical-learning speedup when deliberate control weakened.
The online experiment recruited 226 university students, measured ADHD traits by questionnaire, and had them complete the Cognitive Trade-off Task.
The authors said the sample was over 80 % female, young, highly educated, tested unsupervised online and based on self-report.

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Story summary

Karolina Horváth reported that participants with high ADHD-like traits did not gain the expected statistical-learning speedup when deliberate control weakened.
The online experiment recruited 226 university students, measured ADHD traits by questionnaire, and had them complete the Cognitive Trade-off Task.
The authors said the sample was over 80 % female, young, highly educated, tested unsupervised online and based on self-report.