Term

Hyperfocus

The author’s term for a mode in which all your attention goes to one chosen task, leaving almost no room for unrelated thoughts.

Hyperfocus. How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction, Chris Bailey

Explained in

• Hyperfocus. How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction, Chris Bailey
• Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood, Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey

  The ability to become deeply absorbed in an interesting activity for a long time, noticing nothing else. The authors describe it alongside easy distractibility. This is their description, not a diagnostic sign: hyperfocus alone does not establish ADHD.

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