John Ratey
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John J. Ratey, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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He is the coauthor, with Edward Hallowell
of the books Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction, and Delivered from Distraction
. He is also the author of Shadow Syndromes. In 2001 he published the book A User's Guide to the Brain, in which he describes the human brain as a flexible muscle, which works on a "use it or lose it" basis. He is the author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (2008), which describes the positive benefits that exercise can have for people with ADHD.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
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He is the coauthor, with Edward Hallowell
Edward Hallowell (psychiatrist)
Edward M. Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist who specialises in ADD/ADHD and who also has ADD. He is the co-author of the books Driven to Distraction and Delivered From Distraction .-Biography:...
of the books Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction, and Delivered from Distraction
Delivered from Distraction
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder is a 2005 book by psychiatrists Edward Hallowell and John Ratey about ADD/ADHD. Delivered from Distraction is a follow-up to the book 1994 Driven to Distraction. Both books deal with the challenges of ADD/ADHD...
. He is also the author of Shadow Syndromes. In 2001 he published the book A User's Guide to the Brain, in which he describes the human brain as a flexible muscle, which works on a "use it or lose it" basis. He is the author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (2008), which describes the positive benefits that exercise can have for people with ADHD.