02511cam a2200349 i 4500 623871770 TxAuBib 20091016120000.0 030602s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003012407 9780892811281 hardcover 0892811285 hardcover (OCoLC)52377505 DLC eng rda DLC EZU QBX NLM HPU TxAuBib rda Hartmann, Thom, 1951- The Edison gene : ADHD and the gift of the hunter child / Thom Hartmann. Rochester, Vt. : Park Street Press, 2003. xviii, 262 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A modified version of the chapter "Edison-gene girls and women" first appeared in the anthology Understanding Women with AD/HD, Advantage Books, 2002"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index. Introduction: A new view of your children -- PART 1: THE PAST: The world of the Edison-gene child -- The dawn of civilization -- Three ways humans were killed off by weather -- PART 2: THE PRESENT: Anatomy of a diagnosis -- The mystery of novelty-seeking behavior -- Genes move around and turn on and off -- Other genes and influences -- Scientists find the "adaptive" Edison gene -- The ADHD gene and the dawn of human civilization -- Brain development and the Edison-gene child -- The Edison gene, drugs, exercise, and nutrition -- Providing discipline and structure for the Edison-gene child -- Alfred Adler's principles for raising children -- Educating the Edison-gene child -- Edison-gene girls and women -- Sprituality and the Edison-gene child -- PART 3: THE FUTURE: How Edison-gene children may change the world -- Is human evolution finally over? -- One generation to save the world -- Afterword: Yesterday's child by Janie Bowman. Hartmann, creator of the "hunter/farmer hypothesis" of ADHD, examines the latest discoveries confirming the existence of an ADHD gene and the earth-wide catastrophe 40,000 years ago that may well have triggered its development. 20091016. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Miscellanea. Attention in children. Divergent thinking. Trivia and miscellanea. TXKPL