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September 15

ADHD Sep 15 The ADHD ‘Eye Clue’ Measures Flickering Attention, Not a Broken Brain A new study got headlines as an ADHD clue ‘hidden in the eyes.’ What it actually measured was attention flickering from moment to moment, and its own authors say it…

September 6

ADHD Sep 6 A New AI Screens Kids for ADHD. The Score Becomes a Label. A new AI model screens for ADHD risk by fusing brain data with a family’s socioeconomic status, reporting up to 96 percent accuracy. The accuracy debate hides the real question:…

September 2

ADHD Sep 2 This ADHD-and-Grades Study Points to a Lever, Not a Ceiling A genetic study found ADHD symptoms push a child’s grades down, and the headlines read it as a fixed ceiling. Look at the direction the study actually established, and it…

September 1

ADHD Sep 1 Two Kinds of Zoning Out, and Why ‘Try Harder’ Falls Short You have watched your child’s attention leave the room and read it as one thing, a shortage of effort. New research on zoning out suggests inattention is not one thing…

August 31

ADHD Aug 31 ADHD Is Real, And Attention Is a Skill You Build A Channel 4 documentary asked whether ADHD is real or invented. Psychiatrists and charities answered that it is real. Both sides argued inside a box, and the question that actually…

August 25

ADHD Aug 25 ADHD Isn’t a Deficit or a Superpower. The Honest Middle Helps More A viral paper says ADHD fuels creativity. Its authors measured no one and were far more careful. The gap between a hedged synthesis and a costless-gift story is the part…

August 24

ADHD Aug 24 ADHD Diagnoses Are Surging. A Diagnosis Is Not a Verdict. ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions are climbing worldwide, and in England more adults than children now get stimulants. The number every parent hears is real. What it actually counts, and what…

August 21

ADHD Aug 21 ADHD Is Real. The Documentary Fight Misses the Better Question. A Channel 4 documentary called ADHD a myth. Psychiatrists and charities answered, in one voice, that it is real. Both sides are stuck inside a false choice, and the question…

August 19

ADHD Aug 19 A Tablet Reads 23 Signals in a Child, Then Prints One Label A Princeton-reported study had a tablet read 23 behavioral signals from 183 children, then compress them into a single label. The finding holds. But the systems it measured, how a…

August 18

ADHD Aug 18 For Young Kids With ADHD, the First Step Isn’t Medication For children under six with ADHD, pediatricians strongly recommend behavior therapy before medication, with parents doing the daily work. So why does CDC data show most young children getting a…