Brain & Mental Health · Brain
Focus, ADHD & Attention
How attention works (alerting, orienting, executive control), what ADHD is and isn't, Barkley's view of ADHD as a self-regulation disorder, treatments that work, and focus habits for everyone.
Step 1 of 6 · Overview30 min read ·
Key idea
Prereqs: Neuroscience basics; sleep. Next: Deep Work; anxiety & depression basics. Sources: Russell Barkley, *Taking Charge of Adult ADHD* (2nd ed., 2021); Faraone et al., 'World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement' (2021); Posner & Petersen attention networks (1990). Educational only.Next: 1. Attention