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 ...

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 ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control attention, the drugs primarily affect the brain’s reward and wakefulness ...

Could the background “static” in brain signals hold the key to treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) without medication? Researchers at the ...

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 ...

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

Brett Greene, executive coach, ADHD coach, and founder/CEO of New Tech Northwest, at the GeekWire offices in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get a deeper ...

Wander Berkshires will host "Understanding Your ADHD Brain: A Conversation Over Coffee" from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4. The conversation will be led by Megs Crawford, ADHD coach, professional ...