Time perception plays a key role in safety while driving on the road…A recent University of Alabama at Birmingham study indicated that drivers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — when compared to a control group — showed no differences in timing abilities. However, drivers with autism spectrum disorder displayed some differences in their perception of time.

Children living in areas with higher air pollution due to PM2.5 particles and very low levels of green space might have up to 62% increased risk of developing ADHD. On the contrary, children living in greener and less polluted areas have a 50% lower risk of developing the disorder. These are the conclusions of a…

In the U.S., EndeavorRx has been cleared to help in improving attention function as measured by computer-based testing in children ages 8-12 years who have primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD who struggle with maintaining attention. A study published in the medical journal PLOS ONE found that the EndeavorRx video game treatment from Akili Interactive Labs…

Data from brain scans can now answer an age-old question asked by parents and teachers everywhere: Are you paying attention? Using a model of fMRI data collected from 92 individuals performing several types of attention-related tasks, the lab of Yale’s Marvin Chun successfully predicted how well those individuals would perform on the tasks based on…

When Ann Civitareale’s father passed away in 2009, she little fathomed that she would spend thousands of her inheritance on medical and educational testing for her two sons…Costly independent evaluations have come to play an outsize role in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous disabilities, from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to autism to dyslexia.

Adolescents ages 11 to 15 who were obese, smoked cigarettes daily, or had a psychological disorder, such as anxiety, depression or ADHD, biologically aged nearly three months faster every year than their peers, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

New research has found that people with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are significantly more likely to also exhibit hoarding behaviors, which can have a serious impact on their quality of life. The study, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research and funded by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust, found that almost one in…

A new report on children’s mental health used data from different sources to describe mental health and mental disorders in children during 2013–2019. Poor mental health among children continues to be a substantial public health concern. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety among children of all ages, and symptoms related to depression among adolescents, are the…

Antonia Bowring, principal ABstrategies LLC, MBA. Ranked #6 Executive Coach in New York in 2021 by Influence Digest. I have experienced a significant uptick recently in the number of coaching inquiries from leaders with adult diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Why?

Steven Pliszka, MD, chair of The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) annual program committee, joined Jeffrey Newcorn, MD, APSARD president, in welcoming attendees to their virtual 2022 Annual Meeting, noting the conference was putting attendees “on the ground floor of exciting developments in the field.”

There’s no hard evidence on this link, but lying may still be a coping mechanism for some people with ADHD…Impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention are the three main symptoms of ADHD. And psychologists suspect that a possible consequence of these common ADHD symptoms may be lying. However, there is currently no hard data to support the…

For those that want to make things more accessible for individuals with ADHD, there are various ways you can get the job done. One of the most popular methods is the use of an accessibility overlay, filled with features such as text-to-speech, text size function, color contrast, and much more.