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Also called "At the Right Time", this app or board game helps people with Attention Deficit Disorder, who have always been late, to enjoy being on time, and stop viewing the clock as the enemy.
In multiplayer mode, you start off with a headstart ahead of your wife and friends, who want to help you
learn the concept of time, while they have it almost naturally. You get to complete everything needed and leave on time, so that you can get to the first meetings of the game on time. As you advance in levels it gets more difficult.
The game leads you through a series of actions you must do in preparation for a meeting if you want to be on time: You learn when to leave and when to arrive a bit before. It simulates the real thing.
There is also a board game version, (for Shabbat), which comes with cards and tasks which you must do, although doing these tasks now delays something else that you were in the middle of doing. You'll have to remember to get back to that one and finish it on time too.
In the more advanced level, you are thrown distractions and "opportunities" that you "can't miss", and must face hard decisions, until the rest of the players all agree that you can be depended on, at least regarding time.
connecting ADHD and time blindness
https://psychcentra...or-adults-with-adhd
For ADHD, not ADD, but I'm not sure if I need to give that any attention [pashute, May 11 2023]
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Seems to be referencing something I've never heard of, and the explanation of this thing is missing or inadequate. [-] |
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i read it as being a kind of training tool to help people cope with attention deficit disorder. But the doorbell rang while I was trying to read it, and … oh, gotta run…! |
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Hey [Voice]! So you don't have Attention Deficit. But you never heard of it? Are you kidding? |
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What isn't clear? This is a game (on your phone - therefore it's called an app) that simulates trying to get to places on time and staying on track of what you are doing while being distracted. |
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Just like Duolingo gets you hooked on learning a new language, 4ADDapp (Phone-Application game for Attention Deficit Disorder) gets you hooked on (at least in the simulation, and perhaps in reality) going to sleep on time, staying on track at what your doing, and finding out what those two hands on the watch do. |
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// Was I that unclear?//
Yes. I'm supposed to decode 4addapp(concentrate) into "A game that helps resolve ADD issues"? If I spent that amount of mental effort on every unclear thing I see I would still be trying to understand first grade Chemistry. |
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I didn't get the meaning of the title either... I thought it was more for people who are always running late, to learn how to plan ahead better.
Unfortunately, your deficient attention will be fixed: you'll get addicted to playing this game instead. |
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Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind the title if the subtitle had been "A computer game that helps resolve ADD issues". Or the first line of text. Or anywhere in there. |
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OK so if I change the title would you change the rating, or is there still something wrong with the idea? |
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Whether you change the rating or not, I explained the idea in the opening session and updated the description so that now you know what you're getting. |
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//still something wrong with the idea?//
No, I think the idea is actually pretty good! Thanks for adding better intro. Although I don't automatically associate "always running late" with ADD, but I can see there would definitely be an overlap in a Venn diagram of the two. |
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It could still use some fleshing out, but [+] |
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Well... this is just life. |
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