The ADHD Brain
The ADHD mind is unique. It regulates attention and emotions in different ways than a neurotypical brain would. It’s also terrifically creative, adventurous, and sensitive. Understand more about the neuroscience behind attention deficit here.
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Typical ADHD Behaviors
8 Illuminating Insights Into ADHD: Making Sense of Your Brain
Understanding ADHD and how it affects everyday life often means questioning everything you think you...
Adult Blogs
“Catastrophizing Is Second Nature for My ADHD Brain.”
“Catastrophizing is an insidious process; a hijacking of the mind’s eye that causes it to see only...
ADHD Videos
ADHD Inattention, Explained
Focus is not a matter of willpower. It's a function of a weak (or strong) connections in the brain’s...
ADHD Apps & Tools
Brown Noise? White Noise? Binaural Beats? What Helps ADHD Brains Focus
Are you a bionic reader? A binaural beats listener? Taking sides in the brown noise vs. white noise...
ADHD Comorbidities & Related Conditions
How Trauma and Chronic Stress Affect Developing Brains
Trauma alters the developing brain, triggering behavioral and mental health issues. Under prolonged...
ADDitude for Professionals
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Brain MRI is a new and experimental tool in the world of ADHD research. Though brain scans cannot yet...
ADHD Comorbidities & Related Conditions
The ADHD Symptoms We Misdiagnose
Mood swings. Sleeplessness. Oppositional behavior. If you or your child exhibits these ADHD symptoms,...
The ADHD Brain
DESR: “Does ADHD Emotional Dysregulation Ever Fade?”
Emotional dysregulation is a core facet of ADHD that is excluded from official diagnostic criteria...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Hyperfocus
Powerful, erratic, and somewhat mysterious, hyperfocus is a state familiar to any individual with...
Schedules & Routines
Why Task Switching is Difficult for ADHD Brains — and 7 Ways to Smooth Transitions
There’s a lot more to task switching and transitions than meets the eye. ADHD-related issues with...
Guest Blogs
The Upside of a Distracted Brain
A professor analyzes the essays of French writer Michel de Montaigne, and finds his brilliance may be...
Time & Productivity
15 Time-Management Tricks for ADHD Brains
Time management is tricky for ADHD brains. Good thing we are so good at devising clever,...
Rewards & Consequences
It’s Not Bribery. It’s Brain Chemistry.
“The anticipation of a reward creates dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters not playing nice in our...
On-Demand Webinars
Free Webinar Replay: Beyond Genes: How Environment and Lifestyle Impact ADHD
In this hour-long webinar-on-demand, learn how lifestyle and environmental factors impact ADHD with...
Exercise & Green Time
Exercise and the ADHD Brain: The Neuroscience of Movement
Research shows that physical activity sparks real, positive changes in the brain that increase...