Reading is one of the most crucial activities for children, promoting language development, building knowledge, and setting up academic success—but getting children with ADHD to read can be tough.

"It is also the first study, using fMRI to find that the attention circuitry in the brain is directly affected by ADHD." The 27 study participants, ages 14 to 18 with either ADHD or reading disorder, ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading disability (RD) are common disorders of childhood that often co-occur. About 20-25% of children and adolescents with ADHD have a reading ...

Moshe’s teacher was definitely getting frustrated. From the moment Morah Esther had asked them to open Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad are Friends, seven-year-old Moshe had been rocking his chair back ...

Reading and attention disor-ders both seem to stem from the same primitive part of the brain that governs thinking and muscle control, Yale researchers have found. A study of 27 people ages 18 to 24 ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition that begins in childhood and often persists into adulthood. It is characterized by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity ...

Scientists are mapping the characteristics that adults with ADHD share—and revealing new coping strategies for people living ...

"During a test of divided attention, Ritalin increased activation in the basal ganglia, a structure of the brain involved in cognition and behavior," said first author Keith Shafritz, former graduate ...