LearningRx1 ADHD | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 21

Spatial attention and object-based attention use similar mechanisms...

May 7, 2014 by

New research says that spatial attention and object-based attention are surprisingly similar and actually use similar mechanisms and related brain regions. Both are governed by the prefrontal cortex, and in object-based attention, the inferior frontal junction (which is in...

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ADHD drivers have 45 percent greater risk of serious car accident...

Apr 10, 2014 by

A new study found that people with ADHD have about a 45 percent greater risk of being involved in serious transport accidents—like a car or motorcycle accident—than those without ADHD....

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People with ADHD are less able to consider perspective of partner...

Apr 9, 2014 by

New research indicates that people with ADHD are less able to consider the perspective of their partner....

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Childhood abuse increases odds of developing ADHD by sevenfold...

Apr 8, 2014 by

A new report indicates that of more than 13,000 adults surveyed, those who reported being physically abused before age 18 had seven times the odds of having ADD/ADHD....

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Pregnancy, acetaminophen and ADHD

Mar 16, 2014 by

New research suggest that pregnant women who take acetaminophen during pregnancy are likely at increased risk for their child developing ADHD....

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MRI technique shows ADHD patients have low iron in brain

Feb 21, 2014 by

A postdoctoral research fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina used magnetic field correlation (MFC) imaging to show that of 22 kids with ADHD, the 12 that had never been on medication had significantly lower MFC than the...

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Attention deficits due to lack of alignment among brain regions...

Feb 5, 2014 by

Paying attention requires the brain to synchronize the activity of multiple brain regions. In the past, it was believed that attention deficits from TBIs were due to a loss of resources, whereas now it appears that perhaps there is...

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