Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain regulates ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

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

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

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

Scientists are mapping the characteristics that adults with ADHD share—and revealing new coping strategies for people living ...

These evidence-based approaches help adults with attention challenges thrive in daily life without pharmaceutical interventions. Living with adult attention-deficit ...

The brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.

Your brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.

In a recent study, people with ADHD were more likely to strongly identify with 10 character strengths, including creativity ...

With everything there is to juggle in life, it’s easy to assume that everyone experiences that sinking-in-quicksand feeling as they navigate another busy day. But if you find this feeling is paired ...