Survival Advantages of ADHD Symptoms Based on Evolutionary Mismatch Approaches

Jiaqing O

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_716-1

Survival Advantages of ADHD Symptoms Based on Evolutionary Mismatch Approaches

Jiaqing O

Department of Psychology

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Symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are regarded by evolutionary mismatch theorists as prehistorically useful traits that have become broadly nonadaptive in the present world as a result of evolutionary time lags.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
Editors	T. K. Shackelford , V. A. Weekes-Shackelford
Publisher	Springer Nature
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-16999-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_716-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 08 Apr 2019

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