LearningRx1 Attention | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 23

Brain’s anti-distraction system discovered

May 16, 2014 by

Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the brain’s anti-distraction system. The finding indicates that there’s a possibility that environmental and genetic factors may suppress a certain activity in the brain that helps us prevent distraction....

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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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Juggling may help us understand brain disorders

Mar 23, 2014 by

Researchers believe that juggling may help them better understand how vision and sense of touch control the way we (and animals) move our limbs repetitively....

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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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