- How does poor attention actually affect the learning process?
If we take a cognitive view, from a purely external viewpoint, we can examine how we learn. Learning involves the teacher, the learner, the learning process, and the cognitive and behavioral changes associated with learning.
- Adderall: Canadian Regulators Order ADD Drug Withdrawn
Shire's best-selling drug was withdrawn from sale in Canada amid reports linking it to 20 sudden deaths. The US FDA has also issued a Public Health Advisory.
- Adderall: Long Term Use?
The effectiveness of ADDERALL XR for long-term use, i.e., for more than 3 weeks in children and 4-weeks in adults, has not been systematically evaluated in controlled trials.
- ADHD and Social Distancing
As I’ve discussed in previous blogs, ADHD children and adults have difficulty recognizing social cues or regulating impulse control and therefore frequently cannot maintain friendships or adapt well socially.
A recent study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, (48, 50-67) examines the other side of this issue; it examines the attitudes of adults toward persons with depression or AD/HD.
- ADHD: Biofeedback and Neurofeedback: An Introduction
Neurofeedback is a specific type of biofeedback that makes brainwaves perceptible through the use of sensors attached to the head. Such children tend to become more social, more effective at school work, and they perform more adroitly on IQ and other tests. One can think of this process as switching radio stations at will. Neurofeedback students learn to switch from inattentive (daydreaming) states to focused states at will.
- ADHD: The problem is simply diffused attention
Therefore, a new conceptualization of the basic nature and etiology of ADHD behaviors is necessary in which current known research about human potential and learning are incorporated to produce a scientific, systematic approach to teach sustained attention and improve subordinate deficits in related cognitive skills like short-term memory.
- Adult ADD: Many Children Maintain their Disorder into Adulthood
Dr. Fischer indicated that many children maintain their disorder into adulthood. The article is not clear whether this data was relevant to treated or untreated ADHD. However, clinical data suggests that perhaps 60% of ADHD children will carry their disorder into adulthood. This may be a conservative estimate.
While the data are compelling, the study is too small to conclude that ADHD alone causes these ill effects.
- Adult ADHD Life Strategies
It is important to realize that many AD/HD adults have successful careers. Edison, Mozart, and even Einstein may have had AD/HD. Success seems to be linked to employing good coping strategies once you've discovered your strengths and know your weaknesses. Once you become aware of your specific set of challenges, it will become easier for you to plan a strategy. Therefore, consider your unique characteristics as you design your strategies. Below is a checklist describing many of the symptoms typically associated with AD/HD. Strategies for coping are listed below each symptom.
- Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Do Well on Deadline and Love a Challenge?
Can you say clueless? Stafford interviews Dr. William Dodson, MD who spoke to about 50 Hallmark Cards employees. His recommendation? If you want an employee who performs best on deadline, hire someone who has trouble staying on task. Dodson apparently specializes in treating with AD/HD. He said that adults with the neuropsychiatric condition generally respond well to urgency and fast pace. This seems true, meeting deadlines? That's one of the greatest problems for adult AD/HD people.
- Are We a Nation of ‘Psuedo-ADD’ Sufferers?
We are becoming a nation of attention deficit disorder sufferers, says Dr. John Ratey, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the author of "Delivered from Distraction."
- Good Morning America Features Play Attention
Play Attention was featured on the ABC News Show - Good Morning America on June 20,2005.
- Max Gail and ADHD
I sat down with veteran actor, Max Gail a short time ago to discuss Max’s attention problems and how they relate to his family and acting career.
Q: Do people still recognize you from Barney Miller?
- Multitasking vs Task Switching Research
By advancing our understanding of the connection between mind, brain and behavior, this research may help in the design of complex devices – such as airliner cockpits – and may help in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders such as ADHD or schizophrenia."
- Multitasking, ADD and the Workplace
An estimated 8 million adult Americans struggle with the inattention disorders like attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to researchers from Harvard Medical School. But, they say, only 20 percent realize it.
- New Video Game Shows Promise In Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)
As many as three million children in the United States are being treated for Attention Deficit Disorder. And they're not the only ones. 4.4 percent of the adult population have A.D.D. or a related disorder, making it the second most common psychological problem in adults after depression. VOA's Paige Kollock reports on a new 'game' that might be able to help them.
Educators say the game takes between eight and 12 months to become permanently effective. From that point on, they say, users can fall back on the skill for the rest of their lives.
- Re-wiring Your Brain, Meditation & ADHD, A Self-service Guide
"Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness.
- Stimulation and Continued Brain Development
Inability to stay focused on a task is a hallmark of the aging brain's decline. Bilingual people also seemed more readily able to filter out distraction or irrelevant data. This suggests that the function, capacity, or neural network involved in bilingual language processing may be the same processing needed to stay attentive. The study appears in the June, 2004 issue of the journal Psychology and Aging.
- Turning Adult ADHD Around
He became hyper-productive. Jergen kept a log outlining when and where he got the most work done. Then, he designed a work environment that would push out distractions and allow him to remain focused.
- What If Einstein Had Taken Ritalin?
The question is whether the Ritalin Revolution will sap tomorrow's work force of some of its potential genius. What will be the repercussions in corporations, comedy clubs, and research labs?
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