…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…

…a stress-reducing, balanced whole-brain response in the listener, especially individuals with ADHD. The good news is that there is a new genre of music composed with the brain in mind….

…Our late bloomers don’t have the necessary brain maturity and skills required to juggle the demands of college or a full-time job following high school. Chris Dendy, MS, and Ruth…

…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…

…disruption as at least one source of ADHD brain dysfunction. A 10-year study by National Institute of Mental Health found that brains of children and adolescents with ADHD are 3-4%…

…Now can I play that whole part again?” “Hold your horses,” I say. “It turns out your brain learns best the first few times you do something. When your brain…

…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,…

…later but can’t stop. Everybody struggles with these moments. For folks living with ADHD, though, they seem to occur more often and more intensely than for people with neurotypical brains….

…is difficulty with cognitive control—in other words, challenges regulating thoughts and behaviors. The frontal lobes of the brain are heavily involved in these abilities. Brain scans of adults with ADHD…

…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…