Mission Statement:
The Manhattan Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Support Group has offered
support,
information, networking, and a sense of community to adults with ADD/ADHD since 1992.
We're not Lazy, Crazy, or Stupid:)
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The Manhattan Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Support Group
Our October 2016 Lecture:
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Topic: Attention & Beyond: New Vistas on ADD/ADHD
Speaker Dr. Sabine Kastner Location: West End Collegiate Church (School Annex) 245 West 77th St (Between Broadway & West End Ave) NY, NY 10024
Donation: 5.00 To help the group defray its expenses
Overview Of Lecture:
Are you easily distracted? Does overload -- visual, auditory -- come all too often?
Is it tough to separate what's important from what isn't? Does it feel like your "filter" could use an upgrade?
If so, chances are you have company. And maybe you wonder about issues like:
-- What is attention?
-- Can it augment the more specific functions -- seeing, hearing -- that handle sensory awareness?
-- Could an "attention state" also underpin a feature like language or memory or decision-making?
-- Could a flagging attention state give rise to a situation like ADHD (or a certain type of it)?
-- Can attention drive behavior? Could a shortage of attention do a number on your ability to organize yourself or your activity?
About Our Speaker:
Dr. Kastner is an expert on the subject of visual processing. Dr. Kastner teaches cognitive psychology at Princeton University and heads the Neuroscience of Attention & Perception lab at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Our Support Group:
The Manhattan Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Support Group offers walk-in, peer-run support sessions for adults with ADD and ADHD (and has done this since 1992). In addition, it sponsors workshops led by experts in ADD/ADHD and other aspects of mental health.