Table of Contents
Prologue: The Predicament: "Understand Me!" 1
It's Personal
Chapter 1 History: Stuck on Input 15
Chapter 2 Emergency: Crossing Lines in the Ritalin Wars 36
Chapter 3 Biology: The Anatomy of Distraction 53
Chapter 4 Relationships: The Cookie of Peace 77
It's Cultural
Chapter 5 Society: Attack of the Chronophages 99
Chapter 6 Education: The Rules of Engagement 117
Chapter 7 Add-Vocacy: The Strength in Numbers 134
Is It Curable?
Chapter 8 Wired: Braving the New World of Neurofeedback 153
Chapter 9 Meditation: "No One Ever Died of Restlessness" 172
How About Reframable?
Chapter 10 The White Contender 195
Chapter 11 Knots To Undo 207
Epilogue: What Else Worked 217
Notes 227
Select Bibliography 277
On Methods and In Gratitude 279
Index 283