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Published articles
The Excited Brain vs. Driven to Distraction: What Two ADHD Books Help Us Understand
A source-grounded comparison of the clinical storytelling of Driven to Distraction and the regulation-focused neuroscience of The Excited Brain, with nuanced discussion of hyperfocus, diagnosis and practical support.
ADHD at Work: How to Design Around Executive Function Challenges
A research-informed workplace essay on ADHD executive-function challenges, six practical design changes, US accommodation rights, evidence limits, and humane accountability.
Can Movement Help ADHD Focus? What Fidgeting and Exercise Studies Say
An evidence-based editorial examination of ADHD fidgeting and physical activity: why spontaneous movement can accompany cognitive effort, why fidget devices show inconsistent results, and where exercise research is more promising.
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and ADHD: What the Research Actually Supports
An evidence-led critique of the popular RSD label, contrasting the 2007 rejection-sensitivity comparison with a 2026 qualitative ADHD study, assessing the broader emotion-regulation literature, and reading The Excited Brain with appropriate scientific caution.
Is ADHD Genetic? What Families Inherit—and What They Don't
An evidence-led analysis of ADHD inheritance, the meaning of 74% heritability, polygenic risk, family environments, genetic testing limits, and practical implications for parents and educators.
Why ADHD Is Not a Character Problem: Inside The Excited Brain
The Excited Brain: The Neuroscience of ADHD and the Biology of Focus, a new Learning Coach book, begins from a different question: what if the contradiction is not a character problem at all? What if it is a clue about how attention, activation, reward, emotion, timing, and self-regulation work inside an ADHD brain?