Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

In a time not so long ago, I remember looking forward to my favorite shows on television, which would air at specific and predictable schedules. As a child and young adult, I would arrange my schedule ...

Attention depends on the brain’s ability to filter out distractions, but new research suggests this works best when background brain activity is quieter. Scientists found that lowering certain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When most people hear the term ADHD, they picture a child ...

Distraction is natural. Paying attention is hard—and always has been. Make focusing easier by recognizing that it is a ...

Each year, more than 3 million Americans receive a diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Though the condition is often considered one that mostly affects children, that is a ...

A new study suggests that common medications prescribed to help manage ADHD, such as Adderall and Ritalin, may work ...

Ashley Hanson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, shares insights about how ADHD can impact work life and ...

As someone with ADHD who writes for a living, I need to block out as many distractions as possible when I’m writing. I ...