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

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 ...

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

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

“Despite the name ‘Attention Deficit,’ ADHD is a multifaceted disorder in which difficulty focusing attention is just one component,” Maggie Sweitzer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...

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

New research from Washington University School of Medicine suggests that ADHD stimulant medications, such as Adderall and ...

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When most people hear the term ADHD, they picture a child ...