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 ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...

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

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

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 ...

New research from Washington University School of Medicine suggests that ADHD stimulant medications, such as Adderall and ...

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD in short, is a long-term condition that includes a combination of different ...

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 ...

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