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

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 ...

There is a misconception that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be caused by eating too many sweets or bad parenting. Our kids could do better in ...

Karp is a biomedical engineering professor at Harvard Medical School and MIT and an endowed chair at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Imagine a mind that’s constantly buzzing, leaping from one thought to ...

An ADHD diagnosis didn’t fully explain Leanne Maskell’s experiences. An autism diagnosis provided the final puzzle piece - Matt Writtle Imagine having a brain that is at constant war with itself.

“Sit still and pay attention!” I’ll never forget my first grade teacher’s stern words, which played on repeat, no matter how hard I tried to comply. That combination was impossible for what I’d later ...

The term rejection sensitive dysphoria isn’t a formal diagnosis, but it’s gaining traction in both research and clinical work ...