Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

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

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

Stimulants Mimic A Night Of Sound Sleep Rather Than Directly Boost Attention In A Nutshell Not attention networks: ADHD ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Stimulant medications are considered the first-line ...

Share on Pinterest What can genes and brain volume tell us about Parkinson’s, ADHD? Image credit: Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images. A genome-wide association study has identified a ...

There is a misconception that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be caused by eating too many sweets or bad parenting. Our kids could do better in ...

May 7, 2008 (Washington, DC) — A large neuroimaging study found that in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), brain development follows a normal trajectory, but maturation of the prefrontal ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...