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Environmental Container Model
The Environmental Container Model (ECM) proposes that many difficulties with task initiation and participation are not problems of motivation or discipline, but mismatches between a…
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Open Loop Overwhelm
Open Loop Overwhelm (OLO) is a neurofunctional state in which the number of unresolved environmental, cognitive, and relational signals exceeds an individual's capacity to assign…
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Volitional Dysregulation with Cognitive Preservation
Volitional Dysregulation with Cognitive Preservation (VDCP) is a persistent neurofunctional condition characterized by the unpredictable severance between cognitive intent and executive activation. In a VDCP…
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Re-entry Tax
Re-entry tax is the cognitive and sometimes physical cost of returning to an interrupted mental state, creative flow, or deep processing context. It is not…
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Time Blindness
Time blindness is a distorted or diminished sense of time passage, making it difficult to estimate, anticipate, or regulate time. Often results in underestimating how…
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Brain Fog
Brain fog is a temporary state of cognitive haziness marked by slowed thinking, reduced clarity, and difficulty accessing language, memory, or motivation. Often feels like…
