Re:ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018)
by dijksterhuis on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:41AM
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When cars drive past I cannot listen to what someone is saying on the phone. It completely blocks all the sound of them talking.
The cars don’t even have to be that loud or close by. A few tens of metres away at 30mph and I still can’t hear anything anyone says.
Sometimes I have to swap places with a friend when walking down the pavement just so I can try to hold a conversation.
Re:ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018)
by monadgonad on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:52AM
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> that's not about executive function.
Actually, I'd argue that it is. The other people's executive function is what allows their sensory filtering: they can almost completely filter out sounds their brain has decided is unimportant.
Executive function may be involved, but the inability to filter sensory information is a pretty big part of things for many people.
When I'm two rooms away shouting "What is the dog eating?" to two people who are sitting in the same room as the dog, that's not about executive function.