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 ...

In real-life cases, clinicians observe that ADHD shows a wide array of symptoms and may involve several underlying brain mechanisms. Current diagnostic methods follow a DSM-based system that relies on ...

Last month I posted an essay linking the dramatic increase in diagnosed ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) to our increasingly restrictive system of schooling (see ADHD and School). I ...

MRI shows different progressive grey matter volume changes in two ADHD subtypes across symptom severity. Specifically, ADHD subtype 1 exhibits increased GMV, while ADHD subtype 2 shows decreased GMV.

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 ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

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 ...

Topographic maps of the brain show the spatial representation of activity. The topographic maps shown highlight the density distributions of sleep-like (slow wave) activity across the scalp for the ...