Eddie Martucci, PhD - Digital Therapy for ADHD
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Rather than purloin my kids' Ritalin, I play EndeavorOTC daily to improve my attention and be sharper. Eddie Martucci, PhD is the founder of Akili that developed the app which is backed by real science. In fact, the kid's version is FDA-cleared to treat ADHD in 8-12 year olds. Don't miss this great chat.
Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.
Highlights:
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Sal Daher Introduces Eddie Martucci
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The Science Behind EndeavorOTC
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"... This is not IQ. This is attention. You can have extremely high IQ or low IQ and have a high attention score and low IQ or vice versa..."
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"... people with ADHD, it is not that they don't want to pay attention ... It's that that system of the brain that allows you to filter out what's irrelevant to your goal and focus in on what's relevant, that part of the brain, that interference filter is weakened..."
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"... You cannot become addicted to it because can't do it for more than 25 minutes period..."
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Eddie's Entrepreneurial Journey
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Advice to the Audience
Topics: discovering entrepreneurship, founding story, product