Younger children in a class are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older peers. The younger children have an 80% higher risk of being prescribed medications to control ADHD.
Three factors have been identified that help keep your brain at its best.
Maintaining a growth mindset and belief in yourself as you age helps you succeed at skills you wish to master.
Negative metacognitions and rumination can exacerbate symptoms of depression, researchers say.
For those who are considered the "best of the best" in their professional field, passion for what they do is key to their success.
A new miniature brain microscope, dubbed Mini2P, allows researchers to study neural network activity at high resolution in animals behaving naturally.
Combining virtual reality with neuroimaging, researchers identify how the brain perceives and remembers a novel place or landscape.
The habenula relays external information, such as sight and smell, along with internal states associated with emotion and learning to brain regions that govern adaptive behaviors.
Hyperactivity of the dopamine system may explain the prevalent traits and conditions associated with ASD more commonly found in males.
Researchers report a reduction in neuroticism for people with generalized anxiety disorder who successfully completed metacognitive therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy.
We are all vulnerable to conspiratorial thinking when we feel our identities are at stake and our emotions are strong.
Children learn more and remember better when writing by hand, a new study reports. The brains of children are more active when handwriting than typing on a computer keyboard.
