Alcoholism can lead to attention deficits
A new study of people with alcohol dependencies has found that certain high-level cognitive functions are negatively affected, including attention....
read moreADHD and obesity link may be due to stimulant meds, not the disorder...
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health indicates that the link between obesity and ADHD in children may be due to stimulant medication used to treat ADHD, not the disorder itself....
read moreSpatial attention and object-based attention use similar mechanisms...
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...
read moreADHD drivers have 45 percent greater risk of serious car accident...
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....
read morePeople with ADHD are less able to consider perspective of partner...
New research indicates that people with ADHD are less able to consider the perspective of their partner....
read moreChildhood abuse increases odds of developing ADHD by sevenfold...
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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