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

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

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

Stimulants Mimic A Night Of Sound Sleep Rather Than Directly Boost Attention In A Nutshell Not attention networks: ADHD ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first brain scan that can help diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, The Associated Press reported. The agency cleared the NEBA ...

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 ...

While ADHD drugs work on wakefulness, they also mimic the effect of good sleep without fixing a problem. Sleep habits are ...

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