Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

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

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

Children with ADHD have notably different brain functioning when they're resting than children who don't have the neurological disorder, according to a national study released this week. Scans of ...

Researchers have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain's frontal cortex and ...

These brain areas are central to attention and information processing, emotional regulation, executive function and decision-making – all markers of ADHD. "Despite these promising results, this study ...

Parkinson's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be genetically linked, with effects on brain volume, a large study has found. "There is strong evidence that ADHD and ...

A study shows that lowering activity of specific Homer1 gene variants reduces background neural noise and improves attention ...

Brain imaging methods like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to characterize structural differences in the brains of children with attention-deficit ...

In the study led by Rentería's Australian institution, 189 researchers looked through DNA data and MRI scans of 74,898 participants from 19 countries. The scientists found 254 genetic variants that ...

How many times have you heard yourself say, “I’ll do this later”? Or “I’ll do this tomorrow”? The statement itself is ...

You know that rush you get from a brand-new notebook in January. Fresh pages, smooth cover, favorite pen, and that hopeful title on page one: “New Year, New Me.” You write 10 huge goals. You ...