Original sentence: (a)   wishful thinking.(b)   well-recognised comorbidity of ADHD with autistic spectrum disorders, of which excess focus is a part;.(c)   ADHD is a highly heterogeneous condition; special abilities certainly do occur in some people, and it is easy to overgeneralise from this minority to the whole ADHD group.(d)   ADHD is a remarkably common primarily genetically determined disorder (4-8% of school age children) so it difficult to see why evolution hasn't removed it unless it bestows some benefit.Greater creativity has alsobeen suggested (Shelley-Tremblay and Rosen 1996) but formal measures of this are no higher in children with ADHD than in controls (Funk et al.However, hyperfocus is not a medically recognised term; it is not in the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual; and no article using the term appears in PubMed.Hyperfocus has been suggested to be a mental state often associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a human psychiatric disorder often diagnosed in childhood which is thought to continue into adulthood for about 30% of individuals, and is then commonly known as adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD).One view is "Most people with ADHD have a tendency to "hyperfocus" - focus very strongly on something which interests them.Pediatrics 91(4) 1993).Psychiatry 36(12) 1997; Hartmann 1993: ADD: A different perception), but these are not actually characteristic of ADHD (Goldstein and Barkley, ADHD Report 6(5) 1998).There are several possible reasons for the persistence of the notion that people with ADHD have special abilities:.Various special abilities have been suggested to occur in ADHD, including vigilance, response-readiness, enthusiasm, and flexibility (Jensen et al, J
Edited sentence: Hyperfocus is a mental state often associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a human psychiatric disorder often diagnosed in childhood which is thought to continue into adulthood for about 30% of individuals, and is then commonly known as adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD).Most people with ADHD have a tendency to "hyperfocus" - focus very strongly on something which interests them.The part of the brain used for focusing shuts down