How does your brain tick - completely "normal" or somehow "different"? How can you determine or even compare that? And if you actually tick significantly differently than the majority: is that automatically a deficit? Lisa Budzinski delves into the world of #neurodiversity and finds out that her brain also doesn't function "completely normally"! In Essen, Lisa meets 26-year-old medical student Stella Lingen. Until a few years ago, she still felt "completely normal", but that changed suddenly when she developed verbal and motor tics. Diagnosis: #Tourette. She now reports on her everyday life on @stellaslebenmittourette. How can she even pursue her dream job as a doctor - with a neurodivergent brain? Where does the line actually lie between normal and not normal? This question leads Lisa to Prof. André Frank Zimpel at the University of Hamburg. The psychologist and educator is researching how differently our minds work and what effects this can have at the Center for Neurodiversity Research. To date, many children and adults fall through the cracks whose brains function differently to our societal norms expect, as is the case with #ADHD, #Autism, #Trisomy21 or Tourette syndrome. As long as deviations from a supposed norm are perceived as a deficit, not only does tremendous suffering arise, but a lot of potential remains undiscovered. Because neurodiversity - and therefore diversity - is also a strength! ******* CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:55 Stella's tics 03:21 What is different in the brain with Tourette syndrome? 05:10 Is there a normal brain? 06:49 What is neurodiversity? 07:28 Neurodivergent brains vs. societal norms 09:41 Stella's Tourette tics in public 12:21 Can Stella work in a hospital with Tourette's? 13:24 The idea behind the neurodiversity movement 14:11 Neurodivergent vs. neurotypical? 15:03 Left-handed people are also neurodivergent 15:37 The Center for Neurodiversity Research in Hamburg-Eppendorf 16:51 Experiment: Visual vs. verbal thinking 19:51 Do people with Tourette have poor impulse control? 21:44 Attention span: How much can you take in at once? 23:24 How does the attention span affect your life? 26:35 Becoming a doctor with Tourette syndrome? 26:55 Lisa's conclusion ******* You can find more videos from the Terra X cosmos in the media library: http://kurz.zdf.de/XploreOL/ Terra X on Facebook: / zdfterrax Terra X on Instagram: / terrax ******* OUR SOURCES ???? Prof. Dr. gives an understandable insight into Tourette brain research. med. Alexander Münchau e.g. in Münchau, A. (2012). A different tic. Tourette syndrome. Brain and mind, 70–75. and Schneider, M. (2020). Malfunction in the brain. Healthy Living 2020;1:56-61. https://www.isms.uni-luebeck.de/filea... ???? Historian Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Graf writes about the history of the neurodiversity movement and autism in “From the «autistic psychopath» to the autism spectrum. Behavioral diagnostics and personality assertion in the history of autism” and the book “Genius disorder - The secret history of autism and why we need people who think differently” by Steve Silberman is recommended for browsing ???? The psychiatrist & psychotherapist Dr. med., who is himself affected, describes ADHD and the potential that comes with it. Heiner Lachenmeier: “Successful at work with ADHD - How to turn supposed weaknesses into strengths” ???? Journalist Jenara Nerenberg writes about the difficulties of neurodivergent women and the connections between autism, ADHD, high sensitivity, synesthesia, and more in “Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You” ???? American psychiatrist Daniel Lieberman and author Michael Long have written about how our basic genetic and neurological constitution influences our entire lives: “One hormone rules the world - How dopamine controls our behavior and determines the fate of humanity” ???? 2017 study on faster impulse control in people with Tourette syndrome: Brandt et al. (2017): Evidence for enhanced multi-component behavior in Tourette syndrome - an EEG study ******* IN THE VIDEO Stella Lingen, aspiring doctor & YouTuber / @stellaslebenmittourette Prof. Dr. André Frank Zimpel, psychologist and pedagogue Angela Kalmutzke, pedagogy lecturer, University of Hamburg ******* CREDITS Script & Direction: Clarissa Juse Sound: Dave Powell Mixing: Peter Riegel, Maik Siegle Camera: Moritz Frisch, Yannick Rouault Editing: Daniel Bluhm Graphics: Herminia Maxaieie Production: Martin Schädl, Simone Miller, Judith Römer, Anja Romero, Antje Galonske, Yvonne Kalinowski, Moritz Bömicke Editors: Lisa Haas, Nikolaus Wirth, Stefanie Lux, Kim K. Adler, Veronica Pieper