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ADHD and the Disconnected BrainResearchers discover a disconnect between brain areas in ADHD children. Monday January 11th - 2:34pm Filed Under:
Diagnosing Children with ADHD,
ADHD Causes
According to researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and M.I.N.D. Institute, two brain areas fail to connect when children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) attempt a task that measures attention. In the experiments, children with diagnosed ADHD and normal children were given a simple attention test while their brain waves were measured. Results of the study indicated a disconnection between the center of the brain that allocates attention and the visual processing regions. Researchers concluded that the brains of the children with ADHD apparently prepare to attend to upcoming stimuli differently than they do in non-ADHD children. Read more about the study at UC Davis News & Information 
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