The different tests of the Test of Attentional Performance. Classification according to the concepts of van Zomeren and Brouwer (1994) and Posner and Raichle (1994)

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Intakte Aufmerksamkeitsfunktionen sind eine grundlegende Voraussetzung für die allgemeine Leistungsfähigkeit des kognitiven Systems...Die Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP) bietet eine Sammlung unterschiedlicher Testverfahren, mit denen die vielfältigen Teilaspekte der Aufmerksamkeit differenziert erfasst werden können. Auch damit verbundene Aspekte der visuellen Wahrnehmung werden von der Testbatterie abgedeckt.

• The disease model of mental illness may have outlived its usefulness. • A new theory suggests that some mental disorders are evolved cognitive styles that benefit the group. • The neurodiversity movement has long advanced a similar vision.

• Psychologists have long debated whether ADHD is a deficit or a distinct cognitive style. • A recent review of the evidence suggests that ADHD traits might have helped early humans. • This evidence should prompt us to consider how we can change our educational systems to benefit, rather than hinder, this cognitive style.

Vertical heterophoria is a funny name, so I get it, but no, I'm not making it up. There are (by my exaggerated estimate) roughly a million comorbid

Rejection sensitive dysphoria is one manifestation of emotional dysregulation, a common but misunderstood and under-researched symptom of ADHD in adults. Individuals with RSD feel “unbearable” pain as a result of perceived or actual rejection, teasing, or criticism that is not alleviated with cognitive or dialectical behavior therapy.

For people with ADHD or ADD, rejection sensitive dysphoria can mean extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain — and it may imitate mood disorders with suicidal ideation and manifest as instantaneous rage at the person responsible for causing the pain. Learn more about ways to manage RSD here.

CN: Thematisierung von Angst, Depressionen, negativen Gedanken und Angst vor Krankheiten. Erwähnung von Essen.

People with ADHD struggle with perceiving time.

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