Hyperfocus

Hyperfocus is an intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses consciousness on a narrow subject, separate from objective reality and onto subjective mental planes, daydreams, concepts, fiction, the imagination, and other objects of the mind. Hyperfocus may also be regarded as a psychiatric diagnosis, as a distraction from reality, when it is considered as a symptom of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder.^[1]

See also

• Hunter vs. farmer theory
• Flow (psychology)

Notes

1. ^ Wareham, Jonathan, & Sonne, Thorkil (2008). "Harnessing the power of autism spectrum disorder". Innovations. 3, pp 11–27.

References

• Hartmann, Thom. (1998) Healing ADD: Simple Exercises That Will Change Your Daily Life. Underwood-Miller (1st ed.) ISBN 1-887424-37-7.
• Hartmann, Thom. (1993) ADD: A Different Perception.
• Goldstein and Barkley (1998) ADHD Report 6, 5.
• Jensen, P. S.; Mrazek, D.; Knapp, P. K.; Steinberg, L.; Pfeffer, C.; Schowalter, J.; Shapiro, T. (December 1997). "Evolution and Revolution in Child Psychiatry: ADHD as a Disorder of Adaptation". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 36 (12): 1672-1681. doi:10.1097/00004583-199712000-00015. http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/psychiatry/training/medical-student-information/upload/Child-Psychiatry-Handout-B.pdf. 
• Shelley-Tremblay, John F.; Rosén, Lee A. (1996). "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: An Evolutionary Perspective". The Journal of Genetic Psychology 157 (4): 443–453. doi:10.1080/00221325.1996.9914877. PMID 8955426. 
• Funk et al. (1993). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, creativity, and the effects of methylphenidate, Pediatrics, 91 (4), pp. 816–819.
• ADDitude magazine (2008). 'ADHD Symptom: Hyperfocus'