Word: hartmann
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...would adhd have evolved in the first place? Perhaps, like the sickle-cell trait, which can help thwart malaria, attention deficit confers an advantage in certain circumstances. In Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, author Thom Hartmann has laid out a controversial but appealing theory that the characteristics known today as adhd were vitally important in early hunting societies. They became a mixed blessing only when human societies turned agrarian, Hartmann suggests. "If you are walking in the night and see a little flash, distractibility would be a tremendous asset. Snap decision making, which we call impulsiveness, is a survival...
Modern society, Hartmann contends, generally favors the farmer mentality, rewarding those who develop plans, meet deadlines and plod through schedules. But there's still a place for hunters, says the author, who counts himself as one: they can be found in large numbers among entrepreneurs, police detectives, emergency-room personnel, race-car drivers and, of course, those who stalk the high-stakes jungle known as Wall Street...
...four presenters include Camille Paglia, the controversial author of Sexual Personae, Dr. Richard Isay, professor of psychiatry and author of a book on male homosexual development; April Martin, a lesbian development scholar at Yeshiva University; and Dr. Lawrence Hartmann, professor of psychiatry and former president of the American Psychiatric Association...
...Publisher] Rupert Murdoch and the Boston Herald have very deep pockets...they can out last any [college] paper" in an ad price war, said Josh Hartmann, chair of The MIT Tech...
...Both Hartmann and Audeh said they are currently considering a proposal to form "an advertising compendium" with other campus publications in order boost circulation and remain competitive...