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Students with attention problems more likely to cheat

Ohio State University
Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences

Faulty ‘off-switch’ stops children with ADHD from concentrating

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Brain scans of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown for the first time why people affected by the condition sometimes have difficulty in concentrating. The study, by experts at The University of Nottingham, …

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Brain scans show children with ADHD have faulty off-switch for mind-wandering

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Brain scans of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown for the first time why people affected by the condition sometimes have such difficulty in concentrating. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, may explain why…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Boosting supply of key brain chemical reduces fatigue in mice

U.S. National Institutes of Health

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have “engineered” a mouse that can run on a treadmill twice as long as a normal mouse by increasing its supply of acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter essential for muscle contraction.
The finding, reported this …

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Common genetic influences for ADHD and reading disability

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Milan, Italy, 8 December 2010 — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and developmental reading disability (RD) are complex childhood disorders that frequently occur together; if a child is experiencing trouble with reading, symptoms of …

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Childhood cancer survivors show sustained benefit from common ADHD medication

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A medicine widely used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also provides long-term relief from the attention and behavior changes that affect many childhood cancer survivors, according to a multicenter trial led by St. Jude Chil…

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