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 ...

Two decades ago, a landmark study showed that the brains of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) take longer to mature. But new research suggests ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

(How to determine if you’re at risk for adult ADHD.) Clinically, this group most closely resembles what many people think of as “classic” ADHD—but amplified. Compared with the control group, these ...

This is part 4 of a 5-part series on modern perspectives on ADHD. Part 3, "Is ADHD Really a Disorder?" is available here. If a distinct population of individuals have something we describe as ADHD, ...

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 ...