ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

In the United States, an estimated one in nine children has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

In a new study, children played a virtual reality game while in an MRI scanner – the brains of children with ADHD showed a notable increase in functional connectivity, a result which could help us ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

Since the same person’s brain doesn’t change in that short window, any differences between scans are from the machines themselves. This template served as a sort of neurotypical control, which allowed ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...