Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

Study demonstrated that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing “noise” in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for studying attention disorders.

A new study challenges a leading explanation for why auditory stimulation, such as pink noise, can improve cognitive performance in people with traits of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The ...

A meta-analysis published in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry sought to explore the effects of white and pink noise on cognitive performance in individuals with ADHD.

A new study suggests that children with ADHD may exhibit a distinctive, measurable pattern of brain activity that could ...

Researchers have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain's frontal cortex and ...

Could some types of noise potentially prove therapeutic for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Results of a growing number of recent studies indicate “yes,” despite past ...

Here, the researchers employed an innovative technique called the traveling-subject (TS) method, which removed the "technical noise" that has traditionally distorted multi-site MRI studies. The result ...

Study shows a developmental lag in a certain brain area in kids with ADHD. Nov. 12, 2007— -- Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder lag three years behind their peers when it comes to ...

Identifying aspects at the neuron, region, or network level has offered significant but limited insight into how ADHD manifests as a diverse array of symptoms. Instead of spotlighting a specific brain ...

Parkinson's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be genetically linked, with effects on brain volume, a large study has found. "There is strong evidence that ADHD and ...