For many years, scientists have studied mental health and brain development disorders one by one. Conditions such as autism ...

Elaine Pinggal from Monash University, and colleagues assessed how sleep-like brain activity in awake adults influences sustained attention during a task. The researchers compared sleep-like brain ...

In real-life cases, clinicians observe that ADHD shows a wide array of symptoms and may involve several underlying brain mechanisms. Current diagnostic methods follow a DSM-based system that relies on ...

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Share on Pinterest What does the latest research say about the impact of ADHD drugs on brain health and quality of life? Image credit: Marco_Piunti/ Getty Images Around 25% of adults in the United ...

Last month I posted an essay linking the dramatic increase in diagnosed ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) to our increasingly restrictive system of schooling (see ADHD and School). I ...

Though nearly a quarter of entrepreneurs are estimated to have ADHD, the condition isn’t a one-size-fits-all neurotype. Currently, the DSM-5 classifies ADHD individuals into three categories based on ...

(How to determine if you’re at risk for adult ADHD.) Clinically, this group most closely resembles what many people think of as “classic” ADHD—but amplified. Compared with the control group, these ...

Stimulants prescribed for ADHD target the parts of the brain related to wakefulness and reward, shown in yellow and orange, according to a new study. Benjamin Kay In the United States, an estimated ...

HWhen Mark Twain’s hero Huckleberry Finn was forced to study spelling for an hour every day, he said, "I couldn’t stand it much longer. It was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.” His teacher, Miss Watson ...

Longer durations of full breastfeeding are linked to fewer ADHD symptoms in children, suggesting early feeding patterns may ...