PSYC 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prefrontal Cortex, Not Otherwise Specified, Linseed Oil

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3220
• Professor: C.Miller

Document Summary

Impair volitions and marked inability to concentrate and sustain control. 1770 (german text) described adhd as mental disorder influent by parenting. Brain inflection to cause them to have adhd. Could not find damage in the brain. Split off subtypes; now have add with hyperactivity, without hyperactivity, resistual type. Now only have adhd, inattentive type, hyperactive impulsive type, adhd combined type, 5-10 times more common in boys than girls. More common type is inattentive type of adhd. There must be some evolutionary for adhd. Comes from: people who are more adventurous are more likely to move those emigrations, adhd in africa, europe, and north/south america. Adhd is a disorder that is not caused by one single thing; there are many risk factors. Neural substrates what parts of the brain is different between those who have adhd and. Is more common than other child psychopathologies those who don"t.