Yesterday, while I was supposed to be researching a paper I'm doing I came across the abstract for an ADD study that I thought was interesting.


Contrary to control children, ADHD children slowed their responses when flankers cueing the appropriate response surrounded the stimulus. Flankers cueing incorrect responses further slowed ADHD children relative to control children. ADHD children also responded less accurately under the threat of punishment. Phasic heart rate did not differ between groups, but immediate reward feedback induced greater heart rate responses in control than in ADHD children. ADHD children appear deficient in approach tendencies in the presence of imminent reward, rather than unresponsive to punishment or negative feedback. Executive inhibition and motivational inhibition seemed to exert separate effects on behavior of children with ADHD.

I've always found that I perform worse in situations where people are repremanding me. For example: I used to work as a server in a restaurant and my boss was one of those who wasn't happy unless he was riding someone and making them feel like crap. Whenever he did that to me my job performance would get much much worse.
I also find the bit about the visual cues interesting. I usually don't see the answer when it is right in front of me or when cues are present directing me.
For instance, if I'm playing a video game (I don't do this much but it's a good example of why. LOL) I don't clue in to visual prompts telling me I'm about to die or giving me directions.
SO I guess what I'm saying is that I have trouble grasping the significance of visual prompts.

Interesting.
Other's trying to help me see what I can't don't help the situation - unless they have ADD too. Because I approach things from a different angle than "norms" do, their attempts to help - whether visual, verbal, or whatever - just make me more lost.

I fold under stress. If I'm reprimanded I won't be able to do ANYTHING right. On the other hand, praise will make me shine.
My mother always said, "Accomplishments bring accomplishments" meaning that when you're failing over and over, one accomplishment can turn things around and start a string of accomplishments. It almost seems like a good part of failures start off in your head, but once you succeed you KNOW you can, and more successes follow.

same here, if i get negative feedback i get worse, if i get positive feedback i get better but there in lies a problem, i seem to be very good at spotting false praise and uninterested people (when talking to them neways) and if i notice this my performance drops like a rock.

i miss visual cues all the time, bit of a pain really and if people are shouting out wrong answers i seem to automatically concider if there answer is right or wrong and why they said what they did and in the process i forget my actual answer

I miss visual cues a lot. I don't do well with negativity, but as DX said, even praise can seem false. I think I have had praise for things where I don't feel I should have and praise is not as much of a motivator for me, I also feel a lot of praise is false and I don't like that either.