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The ADHD Advantage (for nomadic tribesman)

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Having ADHD might be beneficial to a group of nomads in Kenya, yesterday’s Science Daily reports. Nomadic tribesmen who have an ADHD-variant of the gene DRD4 fare better have better health than those without it, but when they settle, they become malnourished. DRD4 codes for a receptor for dopamine; according to Dan Eisenberg, an anthropology graduate student from Northwestern University, “‘this … Continue Reading »

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