I saw this post on x-twitter that explains this phenomenon which I really relate to:

ADHD and other auditory processing challenged brains will have a delayed ability to process auditory inputs.

But the brain has a pretty nifty feature that stores up to 2 seconds of auditory information… it’s called the “phonological loop”

So, when a brain that struggles to process auditory info takes that info in… even though there’s a delay in processing what that info means… it stays accessible for a short time to be processed when the brain is ready.

Cool, no?

  • OmgItBurns@discuss.onlineEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    IIRC its also common for folks with the 'tism as well. There are a few other sources for this, none of which I can think of at the moment.

    • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      A lot of “ADHD” and “Autism” things are actually normal human behaviors but amplified.

      My partner is “neurotypical” (inasmuch as that’s actually real) and has some “oh that’s autism/ADHD” behaviors that are similar to my ADHD but nowhere near as severe.

      Humans are a weird bunch. Most of us are normal. Some of us have exaggerated behaviors compared to baseline, but that doesn’t preclude baseline from exhibiting similar behaviors.

    • Risk@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I actually kind of relate to a bunch of traits typically branded as neurodivergent, I just don’t have them necessarily as strongly or as frequently as I get the impression other people do.

      Biased by my neuroscientist background, in that I think labels for neurological conditions are appalling imprecise - I wonder whether it’s just on the spectrum of all human behaviours I have some that are close to but don’t push in to the disruptive territory. I don’t know.