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Why Do So Many Mental Illnesses Overlap? (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[-] jonsnothere@beehaw.org 8 points 7 months ago

I remember seeing a hypothesis that ADHD would have been beneficial in Hunter-gathering, as you would more quickly move from plant to plant rather than fully depleting a resource. It was just one study where they had a sort of game/simulation to test it though, so very early days on that theory.

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