"Emotion etches experience into your memory because adrenaline and 
other stress hormones that accompany a moment of joy, fear, or other 
arousal amplify the chemical process of memory consolidation." p 203

"Schizophrenia, attention deficit, borderline personality, and a host 
of other disorders are linked to breakdowns (misfiring) in executive 
attention." p 244

Maggie Jackson, Distracted, 2008.  Prometheus, New York.

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