[Air-l] multitasking

[Sam Tilden]

Charlie,
   
  I've done consider work with ADHD in clinical settings. Attention deficit is more often rapid attention shifts, and inability to focus for protrated tasks. It is my theory that it is san evolutionary skill that was developed in prehistorical hunters. See it all as you walk through the forrest.
   
  Many ADHD people are very good at broad concetual thinking but do not do well in deep learning tasks.
   
  This is the problem in the school setting when they have to concentrate on tasks that require sitting still and focusing. It is a problem for teachers in the classroom who require "good behavior". Also there seems to be a gender issue in that there are not many females with ADHD and when they appear they are often seen as "bad girls".
   
  ADHD tends to produce excellent online gamers and fighter pilots.
   
  Sam

Charlie Balch <charlie at balch.org> wrote:
  It is fascinating how we live in a world that is very different from that of
even a few decades ago. The changes to our world expose different abilities.


 		
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