adhd

Ingested the peer-reviewed foundation pass (~28 papers via Consensus). Primarily a hardening pass — added academic citations to every existing page and surfaced key refinements. Source-attributed (not diarized).

• Created cognitive-offloading (concept): the cognitive-science construct under externalize-and-resurface — external aids most effective PM intervention (g≈.805), plus the "Google effect" (you forget what you offload) → resurfacing mandatory; target-action reminders.
• Updated idea-volatility-in-adhd: +peer-reviewed grounding (WM largest deficit ~.54; PM deficit concentrated in planning; PM mediates procrastination); added EF-heterogeneity tension (Schoechlin; normal-cognition subgroup).
• Updated divergent-thinking-in-adhd: +Hoogman/White/Stolte; added the presentation-dependence refinement (creative edge tied to hyperactive-impulsive / combined, not inattentive) as a tension + new open question — directly relevant to Paul as ADHD-PI.
• Updated adhd-hyperfocus: +Hupfeld/Oroian/Ozel-Kizil/Ishii; added "hyperfocus ≠ flow (possibly inverse)" tension (Grotewiel); HF correlates more with inattention (encouraging for ADHD-PI).
• Updated externalize-and-resurface: +Jones g≈.805, Gilbert offloading review, the resurfacing imperative (Google effect), target-action reminder spec.
• Updated low-friction-capture / adhd-focus-and-initiation: +episodic future thinking & implementation intentions as ADHD-supported encoding strategies.
• Updated mechanism working-memory-deficit-to-idea-loss: strengthened steps 1–2 evidence with meta-analytic citations; conviction medium → medium-high; steps 3–4 remain partial (ADHD-specific reminder-RCT gap).
• Updated adhd-resurfacing-cadence: +target-action/load-dependence evidence; flagged the ADHD reminder-RCT gap as the core of the question.
• Priors check (academic): #1 "superpower" → refined further (real but conditional and presentation-dependent — least certain for inattentive type); #2 "idea volatility" → confirmed (strong, meta-analytic); #3 "externalize-and-resurface" → confirmed, with resurfacing now shown to be mandatory (Google effect). No hard contradictions requiring adjudication — refinements folded into pages' Contradictions/Open-questions sections.

Ingested the practical-workflow autoresearch synthesis (web/practitioner grade + one peer-reviewed creativity study). Source-attributed (not diarized).

• Created idea-volatility-in-adhd (concept): working-memory → prospective-memory mechanism of lost ideas.
• Created low-friction-capture (concept): immediate, judgment-free capture; speed over filing; voice path.
• Created externalize-and-resurface (concept): the capture+resurface compensation; resurface is the load-bearing half.
• Created divergent-thinking-in-adhd (concept): the strength is real but conditional — traits > clinical diagnosis, inverted-U, low R².
• Created adhd-hyperfocus (concept): involuntary, double-edged absorption; harness-and-bound tactics.
• Created adhd-focus-and-initiation (concept): initiation as a distinct failure point; if-then, 2-min rule, body doubling, flexible Pomodoro.
• Created mechanism working-memory-deficit-to-idea-loss (4 steps; steps 1–2 confirmed, 3–4 partial).
• Created adhd-resurfacing-cadence (question): the highest-value open question for designing the sparks resurfacing feature.
• Priors check (Paul's beliefs): #1 "hyperfocus/divergent thinking = superpower" → refined (conditional, divergent-specific, traits>diagnosis); #2 "main downside is idea volatility" → confirmed (with mechanism); #3 "fix is externalize-and-resurface" → confirmed, emphasis shifted to resurface. /calibrate available for the refined #1.
• Note: peer-reviewed foundation pass (/academic-research via Consensus) still pending — run after session restart to harden the science claims and resolve the trait-vs-diagnosis question.

Thread adhd scaffolded via /thread-create.

• Scope: Understanding ADHD inattentive type (ADHD-PI) in adults and optimizing my own workflows around it — the science of attention/executive function, hyperfocus and divergent cognition as strengths, and practical externalized-cognition strategies. Personal/self-understanding-oriented; feeds the design of the sparks/ idea-inbox.
• Origin: born from the brain-as-add-capture-layer spark and the 2026-06-07 ADHD-PI declaration in PROFILE.