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Denckla and Reiss were perhaps the first to propose ADHD as a disorder of intention rather than as a disorder of attention. Understanding cortico-basal ganglia connections allows us to conceptualize ADHD as a disturbance within the brain’s intention programs. In its broadest sense, selecting the most adaptive behavior and suppressing competing behaviors reflect how the brain formulates and executes its intentions.
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Koziol, L.F., Budding, D.E., Chidekel, D. (2013). The Basal Ganglia and Intention Programs. In: ADHD as a Model of Brain-Behavior Relationships. SpringerBriefs in Neuroscience(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8382-3_15
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