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ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction - from Childhood through Adulthood
Edward M. Hallowell • 4 highlights
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Several inattentive or hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were present before age 12 years. • Several symptoms are present in two or more settings (such as at home, school, or work; with friends or relatives; in other activities). • There is clear evidence that the symptoms interfere with, or reduce the quality of, social, school, or work functioning.
John J. Ratey • ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction - from Childhood through Adulthood
a neurotypical brain, when the TPN is turned on and you’re on task, the DMN is turned off. But in the ADHD brain, the fMRI shows that when the TPN is turned on, the DMN is turned on as well, trying to muscle its way in and pull you into its grasp, thereby distracting you. In ADHD, therefore, the DMN competes with the TPN, which in most people it
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