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Trial reportThe international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2025

Neurobiological influences on event perception: the role of catecholamines.

Foroogh Ghorbani, Xianzhen Zhou, Veit Roessner, Bernhard Hommel, Astrid Prochnow, Christian Beste

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Trial report in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Foroogh GhorbaniCognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
Xianzhen ZhouCognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
Veit RoessnerCognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
Bernhard HommelCognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
Astrid ProchnowCognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
Christian BesteCognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.

Funding

Else-Kröner Fresenius Stiftung 2020_EKSE.105Federal Ministry of Education and Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvent segmentation, the cognitive process of parsing continuous experiences into discrete events, plays a fundamental role in how humans perceive and interact with their environment. Guided by Event Segmentation Theory, this study investigates the modulation of event segmentation by the catecholaminergic system by methylphenidate (MPH).

methodsHealthy adult participants (N = 52) engaged in a double-blind, counter-balanced, placebo-controlled experiment in which they watched a movie and identified event boundaries under placebo and MPH conditions.

resultsWith the same information given, MPH increased the likelihood that the information was considered meaningful. Crucially, the number of situational changes and participant's prior experience had an interactive effect on the probability of event segmentation. There was a stronger relationship between environmental information and segmentation probability when catecholaminergic levels were elevated by MPH in addition to previous experience.

conclusionsThe catecholaminergic system modulates how incoming information is segmented to build meaningful episodes. Prior experience supports the effects of MPH to unfold. These findings underscore the complex interplay between neurochemical modulation and cognitive processes involved in event perception.

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CatecholaminesCentral Nervous System StimulantsMethylphenidateAdultDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMalePhotic StimulationYoung AdultCatecholaminesCentral Nervous System StimulantsMethylphenidatecatecholaminesevent perceptionevent segmentationmethylphenidate

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PMID39981699
PMCPMC11879076

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