Neuroscience

ADHD: Emotional problems may be the missing link

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental health disorders in children, affecting 7.2% of people under the age of 18 worldwide. Many of these children will still have ADHD in adolescence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Older adults are more easily distracted, shows study

While engaged in a physical task requiring effort, such as driving a car or carrying grocery bags, older adults are more likely than younger adults to be distracted by items irrelevant to the task at hand, reports a study ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Recurrent brain trauma may increase Alzheimer's risk

New research finds that the brains of otherwise healthy military personnel who are exposed to explosions show an abnormal brain accumulation of amyloid-beta protein—a protein that plays a role in the development of Alzheimer's ...

page 3 from 37