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Everything about Hyperfocus
Intense form of mental concentration
Hyperfocus is an intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses consciousness on a subject, topic, or task. In some individuals, such subjects or topics may also include daydreams, concepts, fiction, the imagination, and other objects of the mind. Hyperfocus on a certain subject can cause side-tracking away from assigned or important tasks. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HyperfocusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Validation of the dispositional adult hyperfocus questionnaire (AHQ-D)Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: HyperfocusThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Hyperfocus: the forgotten frontier of attentionCited 160 times
- Go sideways: PerseverationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorderA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses the consciousness on a narrow subject.
Verb To focus intensely.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Hyperfocus: the forgotten frontier of attention
Living “in the zone”: hyperfocus in adult ADHD
Hyperfocus or flow? Attentional strengths in autism spectrum disorder
Testing the relation between ADHD and hyperfocus experiences
Experiences of hyperfocus and flow in college students with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Hyperfocus symptom and internet addiction in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder trait
Zoom Fatigue, Hyperfocus, and Entropy of Thought
The role of executive functions in mediating the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms and hyperfocus in university students
🆕 Influential since 2022
Validation of the dispositional adult hyperfocus questionnaire (AHQ-D)
The relations between hyperfocus and similar attentional states, adult ADHD symptoms, and affective dysfunction
A d factor? Understanding trait distractibility and its relationships with ADHD symptomatology and hyperfocus
Investigating emotion dysregulation and the perseveration- and flow-like characteristics of ADHD hyperfocus in Canadian undergraduate students.
Hyperfocus and offending behaviour: a systematic review
📚 Books worth reading
HyperfocusChris Bailey · 2018- 📕This Kid Can HyperfocusEduardo Paj, Katherine Nelson · 2021
- 📕Chaos to Calm : Cleaning and Organizing with ADHD : Simple Ways toAbigail Shepard · 2023
Scene and UnseenAlex Delavan · 2017
Hyperfocus- 📕HyperfocusChris Bailey · 2018
- 📕Summary of Chris Bailey's Hyperfocus · 2021
- 📕Hyper-FocusJim Knable · 2013
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