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Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 7:15 PM
I present these to you (to quote Blanche Dubois) "with a box of aspirin tablets." But persist, it's well worth it!
1)A really good, slightly dense, pdf of presentation on neurobiology of ADHD(oh and some of it's in Italian!) by Dr. Paolo Curatolo of University of Rome Tor Vergata. Alternatively, here's a text summary.
2) Quicker, and more fun: check out the slide below... offers a developmental timeline of various aspects of brain-based attentional functioning. |
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Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:40 PM
Your brain has an ancient “feeling center” and a uniquely human “planning and dreaming center.” And a specific neural pathway - your brain’sReward-and-Planning System– binds together those two distinct and important regions.
Most good relationships, most cool inventions, and most academic degrees are the result of dreaming, which turned into planning, which turned into a certain amount of hard work carried out over a period of time.
And the result of that hard work was a body-based “yesss! |
adhd, brain science, motivation, dopamine, time management, organization, deep happiness, adhd and work, adult adhd, executive functioning, brain, neuroanatomy, cortico-striatal, corticostriatal, coaching
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Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2012 8:23 AM
I had a great conversation at a recent ADHD workshopabout the role of frontal synaptic dopamine transmission on the one hand and subcortical dopaminergic function on the other. (...and why should you care about any of this? scroll down to the last paragraph...)
I was making some pointor otherabout about the role of the basal ganglia in the dopaminergic pathway, and an attendee (hi, Barry!) noted that his understanding was that stimulant medications (which increase available dopamine) have their mechanism of action at the level of the synapse, and in the prefrontal cortex (where we believe planning and sequencing and inhibiting take place). |
adhd, brain science, motivation, dopamine, stimulant, executive functioning, hyperactivity, brain, neuroanatomy, cortico-striatal, corticostriatal, impulsivity
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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:10 PM
In a recent letter to the editor of the New York Times, a Vanderbiltpsychology instructor suggests that we simply "face up to the fact " that ADHD is not a "hard wired" condition (he was responding to a previous Times article).
If you've attended the ADHD workshop, or are familiar with the condition, check out his letterand see whether you can spot the errors before reading any further......
Okay, what'd you notice? For example:
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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:42 PM
If you're 95 years old you'll probably enjoy the "switchboard" metaphor in this summary of a recent investigationby Princeton scientists into the role of the pulvinarin attentional selection and regulation.
Even more recently, results of an investigationwere posted at NYU's "information for practice" site which suggest pulvinar differences between ADHD and non-ADHD children. And these differences were related to visual attention.
Because it's difficult to create a mental picture of the pulvinar (it's a thalamic nucleus), I think I'll stick with the switchboard image. |
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Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 11:49 AM
This summer I've had the pleasure of guesting on Attention Talk Radio not once but three times. In these three conversations with Jeff Copper and Kirsten Milliken I found that we were able to quickly dig down into some of the most important information for anyone living with ADHD or anyone who parents or loves someone with attentional/organizational challenges.
Here are links to those podcasty conversations:
HEDYDT? Check out this Attention Talk Radio interview and learn how to do intimate, person-specific "strategic behavioral inquiry" (By the way, that mnemonic stands for " |
adhd, brain science, motivation, dopamine, Positive psychology, procrastination, time management, organization, non-pharmalogic treatment, amygdala, adhd and work, adult adhd, executive functioning, hyperactivity, brain, corticostriatal, coaching, impulsivity, podcast
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Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:12 PM
Dr. K attended my ADHD/Processing Disorders workshopin Nashville back in May and when she correctly pronounced "Worcester, Mass." She's incorporated some key ideas we explored there at that workshop.
She and I have had a bit of an email exchange clarifying the nature of the " |
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