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 =)
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> 25-50% of ADDers have it.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Executive Dysfunction is involved in the following such GOAL-ORIENTED tasks:
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> --Time management
> --Inhibition of impulsitivity
> --Planning ahead
> --Staying on task
> --Switching in-out of a given task to maintain productive, goal-oriented behavior.
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> 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.
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> =)VERY interesting! Thank you for the post!
Jerry
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