ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD often share symptoms, including challenges with social situations, staying focused and managing emotions. But research suggests there could be a ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

A new study suggests that children with ADHD may exhibit a distinctive, measurable pattern of brain activity that could reflect differences in neural efficiency.

WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously ...

Researchers identified abnormal background brain activity as a measurable marker of ADHD. In a randomized trial, non-invasive ...

ADHD following mild traumatic brain injury in children showed no clear early symptom predictors in a clinic cohort, but ...

Millions of students around the world are suffering every day, and many do not understand why their minds work differently from their peers. For their ...

A largescale, comprehensive study has found that individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at ...

Researchers found that ADHD brain activity is not static. In a trial, a subgroup of children with ADHD showed a shift toward a more typical neural profile following intervention.

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