Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar https://www.ted.com/talks/mehdi_ordikhani_seyedlar_what_happens_in_your_brain_when_you_pay_attention/transcript
~ S u m m a r y ~
Attention is all about what you are focusing on and also what our brain filters out. Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar, a well-known computational neuroscientist, uses ethos to describe and credit his newly found research on the processes of attention. There are two forms of attention. Overt, you move your eyes towards something in order to pay attention to it. And theres covert, you pay attention to something without moving your eyes towards it. In his speech he describes his interest in "the difference of brainwaves patterns when you look overly and when you look covertly" and how he processed the experiment used in which to test this. Using logos he was able to use many factual and scientific examples from his experiment to make points to his audience. He also explains how "a person with ADHD cannot inhibit these distractors - making focusing and having a long attention span very hard for them". At the end of his article he provides many advancements and maybe even solutions that can help out people with these disabilities be more productive in these aspects and out in the real world.
~ C o n n e c t i o n s ~
This speech can relate to Obama's 2004 Congressional Speech in that no matter your disabilities, wether it's ADHD or something else, you are able to achieve your dream through hard work and perseverance. "All men are created equal" as it is stated in the Declaration of Independence, making all those who have disabilities just as qualified to have access to their dreams. Through focusing and paying attention the American Dream is able to be achieved by anyone who is willing to put in the work.
~ S p e e c h R e v i e w ~
This is a very good and useful speech for anyone who is trying to learn to the best of their abilities. It provides them facts and methods on how to enhance their ways of focusing on tasks, but to make this speech even better I believe that Mehdi should have included more examples that people can relate to in their every day lives rather then just his test results, to make it more relatable.