“Neuroenhancers are perfectly suited for the anxiety of white-collar competition in a floundering economy. And they have a synergistic relationship with our multiplying digital technologies: the more gadgets we own, the more distracted we become, and the more we need help in order to focus.”
So concludes a New Yorker piece this week on the increasing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ADD’
“Neuroenhancers” and attention to money
Sunday, April 26th, 2009 by Ken Kaye
Desorden de atención monetaria en descendientes
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 by SergioA
por Sergio Armendáriz Royval
El Heraldo de Chihuahua
18 de abril de 2009
Este título parece más que todo un problema psicológico o neurológico que generalmente asociamos con los ahora más generalizados o diagnosticados déficit de atención, de hiperactividad, de trastornos del aprendizaje y demás relacionados. Pues de acuerdo a mis experiencias con los descendientes que he interactuado, [...]
“Toe in the Water” education about adult ADD
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Attn:Money
David Giwerc’s ADD Coaching Academy created a new teleclass series for those who are just getting started in learning about ADD and what can be accomplished through coaching.
brilliant but can’t tell time
Monday, April 6th, 2009 by johnsup
I have a friend who graduated from an Ivy League college with honors but she misses a majority of her airplane flights. Her finances are a mess as well. I never knew what to make of this contradiction until now. I am tempted to send Nick’s checklist idea.
Attention Money Disorder
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by Ken Kaye
A group of young people who often run into the kinds of difficulties we’re talking about are those with attention and impulsiveness problems. Such problems may be connected with specific learning disabilities (LD) that lead them to avoid thinking about financial subjects, such as analyzing their income versus expenses, or managing a bank account. It’s not that they aren’t capable of the simple math those tasks involve. It may be that the way numbers are displayed on a bill or bank statement distracts them with too much digital information competing for their attention. Or the problem might be one of impulse control. Or, poor test performance may have convinced them they’re “no good” at math.