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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Join the parents of six-year-old Michael as they seek to understand his impulsiveness, hyperactivity, and inattention. After a multi-faceted assessment, Michael is diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD). Michael's parents learn techniques such as consistent schedules, docking systems, star charts, and self-monitoring to help organise home life. Michael's parents also face the pros and cons of medication.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kary Oberbrunner reveals expert strategies for bringing your attention back to what matters most.
In this audio-only course from How to Be Awesome at Your Job, Kary Oberbrunner shares expert strategies for bringing your attention back to what matters most. Kary points out the need to be aware of how we give in to distractions around us. Multitasking, alas, is not the answer. As Kary explains, we can’t focus on two things at once. Instead, we wind...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
See how mindfulness practices train us to embrace our moment-to-moment experience. Learn how this capacity allows us to be with discomfort and to freely tolerate all emotional states, and how this can positively affect our relationships through cultivating empathy, open-mindedness, and mental flexibility.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn what attention-based models are, how they work, and what they can do for recurrent neural networks.
Attention-based models allow neural networks to focus on the most important features of the input, thus producing better results at the output. In this course, Janani Ravi explains how recurrent neural networks work and builds and trains two image captioning models one without attention and another using attention models and compares their results....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mindfulness meditation is based in the use of an anchor or focus of attention, allowing the mind to calm itself. Using your breathing as the focus, learn in detail about the fundamental elements of sitting meditation, focusing attention on the breath and returning to it when the mind strays, without judgment.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The basis of improving your memory: focusing your attention. Here, explore a range of topics, including the physiological effects of attention on your brain; the dangers of inattention; the benefits of enhanced attention; multitasking; exercises to improve your sustained attention, divided attention, and processing speed; and much more.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Neen James shares several best practices to direct your attention toward meaningful priorities.
Do you sometimes have trouble focusing on what you most want to accomplish? In this audio-only course from How to Be Awesome at Your Job, Neen James shares some best practices for directing your attention toward meaningful priorities. She shows you how to schedule a 15-minute appointment with yourself every day to determine your three priorities for that...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Focused attention is the single most important psychological skill for all performers, whether executive or athlete. But is it possible for us to fully control our attention? And what can go wrong when we try? Learn why hyper-accessibility will inevitably lead to problems and how the five principles of effective concentration can improve your performance outcomes.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Humans experience numerous states of consciousness, from focused attention to autopilot to dreaming. Sleep, in particular, offers intriguing insights into the relationship between our brains and consciousness. Here, you will analyze our mental processes during sleep and some of the theories to explain what's going on when we dream.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Your senses bombard your brain with far more information than it can possibly handle at one time. How does your brain prioritize all of the input? Examine the brain's ability to act as a "central executive," and see how it uses emotion like post-it notes to decide what is important.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Christian Madsbjerg shares five key insights from his new book, Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World.
Do you find it difficult to focus, or do you have trouble paying attention? It’s a problem for many of us—and only getting worse in the age of social media and always-on communications. In this audiobook summary, Christian Madsbjerg shares five key insights from his new book, Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World. Christian...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Teachers claim that students' attention spans have drastically changed because technology is eroding their ability to focus. But what about adults? Explore the impact of technology on our own ability to perform "deep work" and whether or not multitasking is even a neurological possibility.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: psychology, creativity, and optimal experience, a clear and captivating presentations of Csikszentmihalyi's theory of Flow. For more than 30 years, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced CHICK-sent-me-high-ee) has studied states of "optimal experience"--those times when we report feelings of deep concetration and fulfillment--when we transcend our ordinary consciousness, and become so completely involved that we lose our...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most globally prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders. ADHD For Dummies explores living a healthy and fulfilling life with ADHD, from seeking diagnosis to choosing the right treatment path for you or your loved one. You'll read about the latest in ADHD research, equipping you with valuable knowledge as you care for a child with ADHD or explore your own ADHD symptoms as an adult. This book...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Despite being a published writer with a family, a gaggle of internet fans, and (most shockingly) a mortgage, Emily Farris could never get her sh*t together. To her, being bad at staying organized was just one of her many character flaws--that is, until she was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 35. Like many women and girls with undiagnosed ADHD, Emily spent her life internalizing criticisms about her lack of follow-through and carrying around a lot...
17) What is love?
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What is love? Answer: From the Latin word for crossroads, this is knowledge so common as to be obscure, the pursuit of which engages millions daily. Question: What is trivia? Trivia is the magic in the mundane, the connection in the commonplace, and Maxine Hart's second-favorite pastime. A self-proclaimed Brooklyn street rat and a high school dropout, Maxine has never been a fan of formal education, but thanks to her ADHD "superpowers," she's a glutton...
Author
Series
Infinity Rainbow Club volume 3
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Connor's rival joins his Taekwondo team, he must find a way to stay focused for the upcoming tournament.
Author
Publisher
Parenting Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines and...
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