Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

The lab was Air Traffic controllers. Same brain structures, but much, much higher functioning. I had many conversations with the psychologists about ADHD, but we were focused on measuring cognitive workload based on UI changes--measuring prefrontal cortex loading. I did most of the physiological event extraction from the terabyte event databases. Ironic (in a twisted fashion) that I would miss an interaction because ADHD, but the human factors engineer could pick it up right away. I tried the unregulated modafinil prodrug adrafinil but never asked the Doc to prescribe it. Our subjects probably didn't have ADHD.



Not much I can add to that, but it's very interesting to hear about that sort of work!




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: