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There is a misconception that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be caused by eating too many sweets or bad parenting. Our kids could do better in ...

Attention depends on the brain’s ability to filter out distractions, but new research suggests this works best when background brain activity is quieter. Scientists found that lowering certain ...

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These are all things people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, may ask themselves daily, if not hourly.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kate Harrington, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) “My brain has way too ...