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 ...

Scientists have discovered a tiny group of neurons in an ancient brain region that acts like a built-in focus filter, helping ...

Two decades ago, a landmark study showed that the brains of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) take longer to mature. But new research suggests ...

Brain imaging studies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have not always yielded consistent findings, potentially owing to measurement bias in ...

A landmark 2007 study of 223 children with ADHD helped shape how scientists viewed the condition for years. The findings showed that key regions in the brain's frontal cortex—areas linked to attention ...

Scientists have long thought that these drugs, such as Adderall and Ritalin, target parts of the brain that control attention. But that may not be the case. Instead, stimulant medications for ADHD ...

A couple of years ago, Jan Haavik was at a routine meeting of a research group that connects scientists studying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with people who live with the condition ...

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 ...