Leonardo da Vinci — one of the world’s greatest polymaths — may have had ADHD.
Da Vinci, whose artworks include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, displayed many of the symptoms of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), including:
- constantly jumping from one task to the next,
- procrastination,
- sleeping little,
- and a voracious curiosity.
Incredibly, though, da Vinci considered himself a failure -- perhaps a symptom of depression and anxiety that can go along with ADHD.
He might have benefited from focusing more on his strengths, just one of these 12 research-backed approaches to ADHD that have shown real, measurable results.
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Author: Dr Jeremy Dean
Psychologist, Jeremy Dean, PhD is the founder and author of PsyBlog. He holds a doctorate in psychology from University College London and two other advanced degrees in psychology. He has been writing about scientific research on PsyBlog since 2004. View all posts by Dr Jeremy Dean