Article Summary Assignment: The Creativity of ADHD

Article summary: the creativity of ADHD
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In the article, “The Creativity of ADHD,” author Holly White argues that despite attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) being a neural condition described by negative attributes such as hyperactivity, acting on impulse and always being distracted, it is advantageous as it provides the capability to think more creatively (White, 2019, Mar 5).
It achieves this by promoting the thinking of many ideas, conceptual expansion, and overcoming limitations to knowledge.
Holly White, in her article, supports this notion by arguing that being able to think about many ideas from the start is essential in creative thinking. Her analysis points out that having previous knowledge about an idea can cause difficulties in creativity as it makes people fixate on it and makes it challenging to come up with...