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Brain’s ‘Traffic Directors’: Neurons That Keep Us Focused on Tasks

Brain’s ‘Traffic Directors’: Neurons That Keep Us Focused on Tasks

Researchers have illuminated how our brain maintains focus amidst distractions. ...more

Exploring the Mind ,ADHD Natural Development &Fight or Flight, Rest and Digest

August 11, 20235 min read

Rethinking Smart: Cognitive Enhancers May Diminish Performance in Those Without ADHD

Rethinking Smart: Cognitive Enhancers May Diminish Performance in Those Without ADHD

Cognitive enhancers, often dubbed as “smart” drugs, might actually impair performance and productivity in neurotypical individuals. ...more

Exploring the Mind ,ADHD &Natural Development

June 14, 20235 min read

What is Visual Memory?

What is Visual Memory?

Visual memory is a critical factor in reading and writing. ...more

Exploring the Mind ,ADHD Vision &Natural Development

April 19, 20239 min read

Why Every Kindergarten and First-Grade School Day Should Begin with Inquiry and Imaginative Play

Why Every Kindergarten and First-Grade School Day Should Begin with Inquiry and Imaginative Play

We must have a mindset shift in this country. A shift from seeing schools as buildings that children attend to understand reading, writing, math, and social sciences to schools as part of our communit... ...more

Exploring the Mind ,ADHD Natural Development &Fight or Flight, Rest and Digest

April 17, 202311 min read

Want To Make Life Easier For Your Toddler? Get Their Screen Time In Check

Want To Make Life Easier For Your Toddler? Get Their Screen Time In Check

A study looking at what impacts executive function in toddlers offers crystal clear guidance for parents. ...more

Exploring the Mind ,ADHD &Natural Development

April 10, 20234 min read

ADHD linked to oxygen deprivation before birth

ADHD linked to oxygen deprivation before birth

Children who had in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions, situations during which the brain is deprived of oxygen, were significantly more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity di... ...more

ADHD ,Natural Development

April 03, 20232 min read

Gastrointestinal issues and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Gastrointestinal issues and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are amongst the most common medical conditions that are comorbid with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD). ...more

ADHD ,Autism &Natural Development

March 18, 202328 min read

The importance of keeping a beat: Researchers link ability to keep a beat to reading, language skills

The importance of keeping a beat: Researchers link ability to keep a beat to reading, language skills

An activity that requires coordination of hearing and movement is likely to rely on solid and accurate communication across brain regions. ...more

ADHD ,Natural Development

March 18, 20233 min read

'All work, no independent play' cause of children's declining mental health

'All work, no independent play' cause of children's declining mental health

A new study suggests the rise in mental health disorders in children and teens is attributed to a decline over decades in opportunities for them to play, roam and engage in activities independent of d... ...more

ADHD ,Natural Development

March 09, 20234 min read

Rethinking hyperactivity in pediatric ADHD: Preliminary evidence for a re-conceptualization of hyperactivity/impulsivity from the perspective of informant perceptual processes

Rethinking hyperactivity in pediatric ADHD: Preliminary evidence for a re-conceptualization of hyperactivity/impulsivity from the perspective of informant perceptual processes

Rethinking hyperactivity in pediatric ADHD: Preliminary evidence for a re-conceptualization of hyperactivity/impulsivity from the perspective of informant perceptual processes ...more

ADHD

February 21, 202345 min read

Sensory emotion regulation

Sensory emotion regulation

Sensation and emotion are inextricably linked. ...more

Exploring the Mind ,ADHD Natural Development &Fight or Flight, Rest and Digest

February 15, 20234 min read

What is ADHD?

What is ADHD?

Some eye conditions are more common in people with ADHD, so the two may be connected in some way. At the moment, though, scientists are not sure where the link lies. Difficulty seeing can cause or wor... ...more

ADHD

February 04, 20238 min read

Training sensory signal-to-noise resolution in children with ADHD in a global mental health setting

Training sensory signal-to-noise resolution in children with ADHD in a global mental health setting

Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have impaired focus on goal-relevant signals and fail to suppress goal-irrelevant distractions. ...more

ADHD

April 13, 201639 min read

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