The Edison Gene by Hartmann, Thom -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword Introduction

GENETICS AND DIFFERENCES 1993: THE HUNTER GENE DISTRACTIBILITY IMPULSIVITY RISK-TAKING WHERE HAVE ALL THE HUNTERS GONE? INDIGENOUS HUNTERS TODAY THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION OUR SOCIETY’S HUNTERS THE EDISON GENE THE CRISIS-SURVIVAL GENE HUNTERS BEFORE THE HOLOCENE ADAPTED TO ADVERSITY AND CHANGE

Part 1. The Past

Chapter 1: The World of the Edison-Gene Child

THE ANCIENT WORLD THE SALT PUMP THE GREAT ICE AGE HEATED BY THE GREAT CONVEYOR BELT

Chapter 2: The Dawn of Civilization

WHAT MADE US HUMAN? THE BACTERIA THAT TOOK OVER THE WORLD THE HUMAN BOTTLENECK BEFORE THE BOTTLENECK

Chapter 3: Three Ways Humans Were Killed Off by Weather

WARMING BY THE SUN VULCAN’S HAMMER SURVIVORS: AIDS CHIMPS AND THE BLACK PLAGUE CREATIVITY SAVES THE DAY ADHD AND CREATIVITY THE BEADS: CLUE TO THE FIRST EDISONS

Part 2. The Present

Chapter 4: Anatomy of a Diagnosis

HOW EDISON-GENE CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT ARE THEY DISORDERED? ANTHROPOLOGY MEETS PSYCHOLOGY FROM HUNTERS TO INVENTORS

Chapter 5: The Mystery of Novelty-Seeking Behavior

THE “NOVELTY GENE” THE NOVELTY GENE AND ADHD

Chapter 6: Genes Move Around and Turn On and Off

THE GENETICS OF BEHAVIOR TURNING ON GENES CODOMINANT GENES TURNING ON EDISON CHARACTERISTICS

Chapter 7: Other Genes and Influences

NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS THE REASON FOR GENETIC VARIATIONS CULTURE AND GENES

Chapter 8: Scientists Find the “Adaptive” Edison Gene

BUT SOME SAY IT’S A DISEASE IS IT A DISORDER? NOVELTY SEEKING

Chapter 9: The ADHD Gene and the Dawn of Human Civilization

THE TIME MACHINE THE NEWS HITS THE STREETS THE EDISON GENE AND DEMOCRACY

Chapter 10: Brain Development and the Edison-Gene Child

SENSE OF SELF A PROCESS THAT MIRRORS EVOLUTION THE REPTILIAN BRAIN THE LIMBIC BRAIN THE “NEW” BRAIN THE UNIQUE PREFRONTAL BRAIN THE BRAIN DEVELOPS AFTER BIRTH, TOO THE FIRST PRUNING OF THE BRAIN THE IMPACT OF STRESS THE BRAIN IN THE BIRTH PERIOD THE BRAIN IN THE TODDLER PERIOD THE BRAIN IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PERIOD THE BRAIN IN THE TEENAGE PERIOD THE BRAIN IN THE EARLY ADULT YEARS ADULT MEMORY OF THE STAGES OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT INTUITION VERSUS INFORMATION THE LOSS OF INTUITION THE TRAGEDY OF LOST POTENTIAL INVASION OF THE LIZARD PEOPLE? ARE WE STUCK IN A LOOP? TRIGGERING EVENTS RAISING FULLY HUMAN CHILDREN SCHOOLS MAY BE THE KEY SCHOOL AS TORTURE CONDEMNATION SCHOOL AS WORK COMORBIDITIES APPLYING COMORBIDITIES TO EDISON-GENE CHILDREN BREAKING THE LOOP OFFERING A NEW STORY

Chapter 11: The Edison Gene, Drugs, Exercise, and Nutrition

NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES ARE RAMPANT ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS NUTRICEUTICALS YERBA MATÉ: NATURE’S RITALIN? DRUGS FOR EDISON-GENE CHILDREN MEDICATIONS BITE BACK BURNING OUT BRAIN CELLS? DO DRUGS HELP OVER THE LONG TERM? THE LOSS OF PLAY EEG NEUROFEEDBACK EXERCISE: THE OPTIMAL “TREATMENT”?

Chapter 12: Providing Discipline and Structure for the Edison-Gene Child

NURTURING THE HUNTERS REWARD/PUNISHMENT VERSUS INCLUSION/INTERDEPENDENCE SEPARATING PERSON FROM BEHAVIOR BREAK THE PATTERN WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE WATCH FOR ISLANDS OF SUCCESS THE IMPORTANCE OF MASTERY TURN OFF THE TELEVISION

Chapter 13: Alfred Adler’s Principles for Raising Children

PROMOTE MUTUAL RESPECT ENCOURAGE FOSTER SECURITY AVOID REWARD AND PUNISHMENT USE NATURAL AND LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES ACT INSTEAD OF TALK IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS USE WITHDRAWAL AS A COUNTERACTION WITHDRAW FROM THE PROVOCATION, NOT FROM THE CHILD DON’T INTERFERE IN CHILDREN’S FIGHTS FIGHTING REQUIRES COOPERATION TAKE TIME TO TEACH ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND HABITS NEVER DO FOR A CHILD WHAT HE CAN DO FOR HIMSELF DON’T OVERPROTECT AVOID BEING OVERLY RESPONSIBLE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTENTION UNDERSTAND THE CHILD’S GOAL A HABIT IS MAINTAINED IF IT ACHIEVES ITS PURPOSE MINIMIZE MISTAKES TRY A FAMILY COUNCIL AND HAVE FUN TOGETHER THE EDISON-GENE FAMILY

Chapter 14: Educating the Edison-Gene Child

LEARNED HELPLESSNESS REFRAMING IDENTITY = SUCCESS IN LEARNING GOVERNMENT STUDIES PRONOUNCE ON MEDICATION THEY IGNORED THE ENVIRONMENT THE STUDY PROVED RITALIN DOESN’T IMPROVE LEARNING BUT IT MAKES THE TEACHERS HAPPY LIGHTING A FIRE FOR LEARNING EDUCATION AND TESTING CORPORATIONS HOW MODERN EDUCATION CAME ABOUT GERMAN SCHOOLS COME TO AMERICA AMERICAN EDUCATION AND THE CATHOLIC PROBLEM BACKLASH AGAINST THE AUTHORITARIAN MODEL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MARIA MONTESSORI RUDOLF STEINER FREE AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS HOMESCHOOLING AND INTERNET SCHOOLING BUT WHAT ABOUT SOCIALIZATION? WHY HOMESCHOOLING WORKS FOR EDISON-GENE CHILDREN THE EDISON GENE THROUGH THE COLLEGE YEARS FIND A MENTOR OR A COACH

Chapter 15: Edison-Gene Girls and Women

BE A GOOD GIRL CINDERELLA IN A HOSTILE WORLD CULTURAL BARRIERS CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND EXPECTATIONS HEALING THE WOUNDS

Chapter 16: Spirituality and the Edison-Gene Child

EDISON-GENE MYSTICS THE HUNTER’S REALITY THE WORLD OF THE HUNTER’S DREAMS DREAMING WITH THE NATIVES LEARNING TO KNOW UNDERSTANDING THE REAL WORLD WILD PEOPLE AND TAME PEOPLE THE LOSS OF TRUE WISDOM WHEN ACCESS TO PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY IS LOST

Part 3. The Future

Chapter 17: How Edison-Gene Children May Change the World

GLIMMERS OF HOW CULTURE WORKS WHAT CAUSES CULTURE? THE BIOLOGY OF CULTURE PRIMAL HUMAN CULTURES CULTURAL AND GENETIC SELECTION

Chapter 18: Is Human Evolution Finally Over?

AS GOOD AS IT GETS WE’RE GOING DOWNHILL IT’S THE FAULT OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH ADHD! ARE WE STANDING STILL? DISTANT BOTTLENECK EVENTS

Chapter 19: One Generation to Save the World

CLIMATE FLIP-FLOPS TO THE NEXT ICE AGE A GLOBAL-WARMING BOTTLENECK

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