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AD/HD

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder is a neurobiological disorder. People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder tend to have inordinate amounts of trouble maintaining attention-discipline, may be impulsive, and especially at younger ages are often hyperactive — uncharacteristically so for their age and level of development. There is no way to diagnose AD/HD without a frame of reference. There is [...]

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Attention

From wikipedia: Attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one thing while ignoring other things. Examples include listening carefully to what someone is saying while ignoring other conversations in the room (e.g. the cocktail party problem, Cherry, 1953). Attention can also be split, as when a person drives a car, puts on makeup, [...]

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Memory

From wiktionary: memory (countable and uncountable; plural memories) (uncountable) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events in the brain with the facility of recalling them later at will. Memory is a facility common to all animals. A record of a thing or an event stored in the brain of an [...]

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