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Dogs have been bred for docility not intelligence. Their wild cousins, wolves, are considerably more intelligent, they’re just prone to get bored and engage in
by User23 4y ago
Dogs have been bred for docility not intelligence. Their wild cousins, wolves, are considerably more intelligent, they’re just prone to get bored and engage in undesirable behaviors. I’m told that it’s very easy to teach a tame wolf tricks, but they quickly lose interest in obviously pointless activities, especially as they mature.
- taneq 4y agoSo wolves have ADHD, right. :P
- svnt 4y agoIf you think about it, ADHD behaviors would likely be much more adaptive in the wild than non-ADHD. It is possible ADHD stems from genetic regression.
- tigerlily 4y agoWhat are you trying to say?
- svnt 4y agoIt is possible that the selective processes that led to ”modern” brains are essentially a process of self-domestication, and certain “diagnoses” are just reflections of diversity in that process. If society collapsed I think it would be more beneficial to be ADHD than not.
- emmelaich 4y agoI've seen studies relating hyperactivity to Neanderthal and older genes. They persist because not enough time has passed to mutate them out.
- taneq 4y agoNot them but just guessing... that most ADHD traits are only 'disordered' if you expect humans to be able to sit still, shut up, and focus exclusively on what you tell them to focus on for 8 hours a day?