People with ADHD are significantly more likely to develop hoarding behaviors, a new study finds.
From retaining old emails to accumulating digital files, digital hoarding is emerging as a potential problem for people.
Study reveals significant differences in how people with and without hoarding disorder discard objects, and the role their memories play in decisions to retain items.
A new study reveals those with compulsive hoarding disorder assign emotional attachments to possessions as a way of compensating for a lack of emotional warmth during early development. Additionally, those with the disorder exhibit poor confidence in memory and cognitive skills.
In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others’ possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep or discard their own things.
