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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>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>Meditation &amp; ADHD</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/meditation-adhd/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/meditation-adhd/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:31:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Symptoms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Treatment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adult ADD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adult ADHD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/meditation-adhd/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Researchers, Dr. Zylowska, et al from the University of California-Los Angeles conducted a feasibility study of an 8-week mindfulness training program for adults and adolescents with ADHD. Their report was published in The Journal of Attention Disorders (2008 May;11(6):737-46. Epub 2007 Nov 19). The researchers sought to inquire whether mindfulness meditation could improve attention, reduce [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/meditation-adhd/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Neurofeedback, ADHD and Medication</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/neurofeedback-adhd-and-medication/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/neurofeedback-adhd-and-medication/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:53:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: David Rabiner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Medications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Neurofeedback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Attention Research Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biofeedback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DERP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drug Effectiveness Review Project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit2/?p=222</guid> <description><![CDATA[In his Attention Research Update, September 2007, David Rabiner, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Duke University, entitled his article, How Strong is the Research Support for Neurofeedback Treatment? The report is rather perfunctory and the staid course he’s followed for years. A fresh, candid review must be performed regarding research on multi-modal treatments, neurofeedback, and medication. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/neurofeedback-adhd-and-medication/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ADHD and Genetics</title><link>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-genetics/</link> <comments>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-genetics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:19:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Diagnosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADHD: Genetics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alasdair Vance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://playattention.com/attention-deficit2/?p=193</guid> <description><![CDATA[Research shows a gene link to ADHD The head of child psychiatry at the Royal Children’s Hospital (University of Melbourne, Australia), Professor Alasdair Vance, thinks that children with ADHD have impaired brain function most likely linked to a genetic condition occurring during pregnancy. Dr. Vance believes he has conclusive evidence that key areas of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.playattention.com/adhd-and-genetics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
