TED Health Interview: What happens in your brain when you pay attention? with Dr. Sasha Hamdani
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Nov 18, 2025 Dr. Sasha Hamdani, a psychiatrist and ADHD specialist, dives into what it truly means to live with ADHD, highlighting its impact on emotion and cognition. She discusses how it often presents differently in women and recognizes the role of societal stigma in diagnosis rates. Dr. Hamdani also emphasizes the importance of viewing ADHD strengths, like creativity and hyperfocus, as assets. With her lived experiences, she advocates for personalized care, community support, and practical strategies, including her Focus Genie app, to help individuals harness their attention.
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Train Inhibition With Brain‑Computer Games
- Train the brain via cognitive brain‑machine interfaces to strengthen inhibitory control over distractors.
- Ordikhani‑Seidlar proposes using neurofeedback games to teach people with ADHD to suppress irrelevant signals.
Grandfather's Silence Motivated Research
- Ordikhani‑Seidlar recounts his grandfather's post‑stroke silence and desire for a speaking computer.
- That loss motivated his work toward decoding imagined letters and images to restore communication.
ADHD Is An Regulation Issue
- ADHD is primarily an issue of regulation across attention, emotion, and energy, not just hyperactivity.
- Dr. Sasha Hamdani emphasizes regulation difficulties as the core that explains varied ADHD presentations.
