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Re: Executive Function » utopizen

Posted by jerrympls on December 22, 2005, at 1:47:42

In reply to Re: Executive Function, posted by utopizen on December 8, 2005, at 17:53:43

> I just happened to do a whole presentation on executive dysfunction in psychopharma today =)
>
> 25-50% of ADDers have it.
>
> It's this simple: Selectively being able to attend to a task means selectively NOT attending to an alternate task at the same given time.
>
> ADD is, in essence, doing what is most attractive to you. This is clinically a problem because what is most attractive is not always most productive.
>
> Executive Dysfunction is involved in the following such GOAL-ORIENTED tasks:
>
> --Time management
> --Inhibition of impulsitivity
> --Planning ahead
> --Staying on task
> --Switching in-out of a given task to maintain productive, goal-oriented behavior.
>
> The key word: GOAL-ORIENTED behavior is selectively attended to in healthy subjects, and this is achieved by the healthy brain only because non-goal-oriented behavior is selectively NOT attended to and shunted out as to focus on the goal-oriented task.
>
> =)

VERY interesting! Thank you for the post!

Jerry


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