Adhd 2.0
The human brain does information acquisition, pattern recognition, and goal direction. Give the goal direction system a goal and you give the pattern recognition system a purpose and the information acquisition system a target. Cortisol levels drop. It’s why, Lion believes, everyone needs a mission.
Steven Kotler • Last Tango in Cyberspace: A Novel
Work exploring the link between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is characterized by impulsivity and mind wandering, suggests that ADHD-prone individuals fail to accurately trade off the value of their thoughts with respect to the demands of the external task (Franklin et al. 2014).
Jonathan Smallwood • The Science of Mind Wandering: Empirically Navigating the Stream of Consciousness
Considerable evidence suggests that ADHD is associated with atypical activity in the prefrontal cortex.
Charan Ranganath • Why We Remember
inhibition, working memory, and set-shifting.