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isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/training-the-adhd-brain/</guid> <description><![CDATA[For years, we at Play Attention, have trained thousands and thousands of people to better pay attention, learn the cognitive skills they need to succeed, and change their behavior. Our results have spoken clearly for us since 1994. Now science is catching up. Two recent distinct studies validate the brain’s ability to change. While a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/training-the-adhd-brain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is ADHD all in your head?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:53:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Adderall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Concerta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diagnosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Modafinil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Ritalin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Strattera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Symptoms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Treatment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cognitive Therapy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dr. Adrian Sandler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Journal Pediatrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training the Brain]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A study published in the June 14 edition of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics has sparked controversy regarding ADHD medication and the brain’s power to regulate itself. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and conducted by Dr. Adrian Sandler, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and medical director of the Olson Huff [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/is-adhd-all-in-your-head/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The ADHD link to social dynamics</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:20:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Adderall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Concerta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diagnosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Genetics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Girls and Women]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Modafinil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Ritalin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Strattera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Vyvanse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If I told you that women who received only basic education were 130 % more likely to have a child on ADHD medication than women with university degrees, you’d see a link, wouldn’t you?&#160; Well, that’s what a&#160; study published this month in Acta Paediatrica found.&#160; That implies that nearly half of the serious cases [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/the-adhd-link-to-social-dynamics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Summer ADHD brain drain</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/summer-adhd-brain-drain/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/summer-adhd-brain-drain/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:55:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Ratey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neurogenesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training the Brain]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/summer-adhd-brain-drain/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Research tells us that during the summer, the average student loses one to three month’s math and reading gains made over the prior year. Academic losses are so common among students that educators have given the phenomena a name: Summer Brain Drain. Summer Brain Drain may even be worse for ADHD students already having trouble [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/summer-adhd-brain-drain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Immediate rewards and the ADHD brain</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/immediate-rewards-and-the-adhd-brain/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/immediate-rewards-and-the-adhd-brain/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:04:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Adderall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Concerta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Modafinil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Neurofeedback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Ritalin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Strattera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Treatment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biofeedback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cognitive Therapy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training the Brain]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/immediate-rewards-and-the-adhd-brain/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A Nottingham University research team in the United Kingdom found that the brains of children with ADHD appear to respond to immediate rewards in the same way as they do to medication. Their research was published in the journal Biological Psychiatry. “Our study suggests that both types of intervention [medicine and immediate reward/reinforcement] may have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/immediate-rewards-and-the-adhd-brain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Should I play or should I grow?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:27:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/</guid> <description><![CDATA[PART ONE OF THREE This blog is partially based on material I presented to the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. Playing vs. learning What’s the difference between playing and learning? Sometimes there is no difference. People can learn through play. Educators have known this for years. Grade school teachers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/should-i-play-or-should-i-grow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What Lurks Below the ADHD Iceberg?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/what-lurks-below-the-adhd-iceberg/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/what-lurks-below-the-adhd-iceberg/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:19:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Genetics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cognitive Therapy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Distractions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/what-lurks-below-the-adhd-iceberg/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Virtually anyone that knows, teaches, counsels, or works with an ADHD person is aware that ADHD is not a simple matter of attention deficit. That’s just the tip of a very large iceberg. As a matter of fact, the term ‘attention deficit’ is actually a misnomer of sorts. ADHD people have diffused attention, not a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/what-lurks-below-the-adhd-iceberg/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ADHD &amp; Fetal Development</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-fetal-development/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-fetal-development/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:44:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Autism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Genetics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Girls and Women]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: IQ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/adhd-fetal-development/</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Obviously, being pregnant can be stressful in itself, but current research shows that stress can affect fetal development which may lead to long-term problems including ADHD. Dr. Vivette Glover of Imperial College London, surveyed pregnant women at her hospital. Of these, nearly one quarter felt anxious and depressed due to stressors including work, money, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-fetal-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Neurofeedback training in ADHD children</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/neurofeedback-training-in-adhd-children/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/neurofeedback-training-in-adhd-children/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:50:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Neurofeedback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biofeedback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit2/?p=220</guid> <description><![CDATA[Neurofeedback training in ADHD children Categories: ADHD: Children Brain Development ADHD ADHD: Neurofeedback Biofeedback A study using neurofeedback to control ADHD symptoms was published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Functions (2007 Jul 26;3(1):35, Controlled evaluation of a neurofeedback training of slow cortical potentials in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ) The researchers compared [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/neurofeedback-training-in-adhd-children/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Can we map attention, memory and language links in the human brain?</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/can-we-map-attention-memory-and-language-links-in-the-human-brain/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/can-we-map-attention-memory-and-language-links-in-the-human-brain/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:29:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diagnosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit2/?p=203</guid> <description><![CDATA[A University of Arizona scientist, Thomas Christensen applied for a $1 million career development award from the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The grant was awarded in April and funds Christensen to conduct a pioneering 5-year study on the roles that attention and memory play when the human brain hears and processes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/can-we-map-attention-memory-and-language-links-in-the-human-brain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
