Complete tangent but I remember reading that doing balance exercises is a key way to mitigate ADHD, because balance exercises train the cerebrum which has an inhibitory role. This inhibition is much needed in the ADHD brain because its like a Ferrari Engine with bicycle brakes.
This was the book I read it in https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53231680-adhd-2-0
I vaguely remember a reference to some balance game as the origin story for the Guru Meditation, but that was so long ago and I never looked it up!
Meta: it would have been nice to include this reference in the submission title, since it's least as interesting as the fact that the peripheral was for the Atari 2600. Something like "The Joyboard: Atari 2600 balance peripheral that inspired Guru Meditation", perhaps. Probably too late now, and this is not exactly tearing down the front page, anyway. :)
Thanks!
kstrauser•1mo ago