The Gran Canaria Cognitive Research Center cordially invites you to the talk of Bianka Brezóczki from the Eötvös Loránd University on May 19.

Title: Unraveling the Role of Subclinical Traits in Learning and Memory: Insights from OCD and ADHD

Speaker: Bianka Brezóczki, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Location: Cognitive Seminar Room, Gran Canaria Cognitive Research Center (EMU Building, Floor 2) 

Abstract:
Learning and memory processes are shaped by a wide range of individual differences, including subclinical manifestations of traits commonly associated with clinical disorders. Non-clinical characteristics related to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) offer a unique opportunity to explore how variations in cognitive and behavioral tendencies may influence fundamental cognitive mechanisms such as statistical learning, updating, and cognitive control. In this talk, I will present three studies investigating how OCD and ADHD traits influence statistical learning, the updating of statistical information, and cognitive control functions across non-clinical populations.

Related articles:
Brezóczki, B., Farkas, B. C., Hann, F., Pesthy, O., Tóth-Fáber, E., Farkas, K., Csigó, K., Németh, D., & Vékony, T. (2025). Individual differences in probabilistic learning and updating predictive representations in individuals with obsessive-compulsive tendencies. BMC Psychiatry, 25, 368.

Brezóczki, B., Vékony, T., Pesthy, O., Tóth-Fáber, E., Csigó, K., Farkas, K., & Nemeth, D. (2023). Unraveling sequence learning in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 54, 101326.