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Patrick McKeown • Anxiety Free: Stop worrying and quieten your mind - Featuring the Buteyko Breathing Method and Mindfulness
Max’s high IQ delayed the diagnosis of ADD. When a child is obviously bright and gets good grades, one often fails to consider ADD as a possibility. This is a mistake.
Edward M. Hallowell • Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
Amadeus and Being There,
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Richard J. Haier • The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)
Mental activity stimulates brain firing as much as brain firing creates mental activity.
Daniel J. Siegel • Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
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The procedure of psychological testing involves all three of these “treatments” for ADD. It is done one-on-one, with the psychologist guiding the individual orally through the tests, making it difficult for him to tune out. The subject is typically highly motivated, trying to “do well” on the test. And the testing situation is highly stimulating du
... See moreEdward M. Hallowell • Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
The difference in the brightness and readiness of your attention is a difference in alerting.
Lidia Zylowska MD • The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD: An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals
One way to understand ADD neurologically is as a lack of inhibition, a chronic underactivity of the prefrontal cortex. The cerebral cortex in the frontal lobe is not able to perform its job of prioritizing, selection and inhibition.