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Listen to the noise: noise is beneficial for cognitive performance in ADHD

Söderlund, Göran, Sikström, Sverker, Smart, Andrew·2007·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01749.x
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Background: Noise is typically conceived of as being detrimental to cognitive performance. However, given the mechanism of stochastic resonance, a certain amount of noise can benefit performance. We investigate cognitive performance in noisy environments in relation to a neurocomputational model of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dopamine. The Moderate Brain Arousal model (MBA; ) suggests that dopamine levels modulate how much noise is required for optimal cognitive performance. We experimentally examine how ADHD and control children respond to different encoding conditions, providing different levels of environmental stimulation. Methods: Participants carried out self‐performed mini tasks (SPT), as a high memory performance task, and a verbal task (VT), as a low memory task. These tasks were performed in the presence, or absence, of auditory white noise. Results: Noise exerted a positive effect on cognitive performance for the ADHD group and deteriorated performance for the control group, indicating that ADHD subjects need more noise than controls for optimal cognitive performance. Conclusions: The positive effect of white noise is explained by the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR), i.e., the phenomenon that moderate noise facilitates cognitive performance. The MBA model suggests that noise in the environment, introduces internal noise into the neural system through the perceptual system. This noise induces SR in the neurotransmitter systems and makes this noise beneficial for cognitive performance. In particular, the peak of the SR curve depends on the dopamine level, so that participants with low dopamine levels (ADHD) require more noise for optimal cognitive performance compared to controls.

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Authors
Söderlund, G., Sikström, S., & Smart, A.
Affiliations
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Lund University (SE)
  • New York University (US)
Corresponding author
Söderlund, Göran
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-08
Volume
48
Issue
8
Pages
840-847
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01749.x
OpenAlex
W2033075228
Semantic Scholar
c81893b45410165c38d55a635d4e12db79201fa8
Cited by
256
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 10
FWCI
4.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Noise Effects and Management
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stochastic resonance, white noise, cognitive performance, dopamine, environmental stimulation, children, memory performance, verbal tasks
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adolescent, Analysis of Variance, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Cognition, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Noise, Mental Recall, Task Performance and Analysis

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