…our brains, even those brains affected by ADHD, can only process one thought or task at a time. A group of Stanford University researchers decided to measure the effects of…

…paper to fully support your brain’s executive function of planning and prioritizing or what is often called future thinking. What is future thinking? The typical ADHD brain is most alive…

…brain-though I didn’t know that was it at the time. I found strength, comfort, and solace in a strong faith community on campus, but centered my schedule and life around…

…extremely important. Medical science first documented children exhibiting inattentiveness, impulsivity and hyperactivity in 1902. Since that time, the disorder has been given numerous names, including minimal brain dysfunction, hyperkinetic reaction…

…prenatal infection or other prenatal trauma, other medical issues after birth such as brain infections, malnutrition, physical and emotional trauma, environmental toxins (the list goes on)-and of course, interactions between…

…and norepinephrine, the neurotransmitters that “reward” the brain and assist focus, work differently in the ADHD brain. The ADHD brain has less dopamine, for example, so it requires external rewards,…

…in the part of our brain that’s responsible for overseeing all the other brain functions: the frontal lobe. These are the “manager” skills that, as EF expert Sarah Ward explains,…

…we increase brain activity in the prefrontal cortex and decrease brain activity in the limbic region. What this means on a behavioral level is that we’re now accessing brain regions…

…your heart and your lungs and your skin, you also have a brain, and a brain has illnesses that change how people behave, because your brain actually drives behavior. So,…

…in 2017, my difficulties nevertheless continued. While my exterior life may have shifted into a different mode of being, in my interior life I still had the same brain filled…

…to their own devices? Dopamine is the reward neurotransmitter—it flows in the brain in response to rewards and stimulation. The release of dopamine increases significantly when the brain does not…

…“I learned that your brain is built in a way that makes a lot of things come easily! These are like the super-fast highways in your brain.” While every child…