New from JNeurosci, Elaine Pinggal, from Monash University, and colleagues assessed how sleep-like brain activity in awake adults influences sustained attention during a task.

Adults with ADHD may experience more bursts of sleep-like brain activity even while awake, causing brief lapses in attention. These micro “rest moments” in the brain could help explain why tasks ...

Researchers found that adults with ADHD experience more “local sleep”—sleep-like slow brain waves occurring while ...

Adults with ADHD experience more frequent "sleep-like" brain activity while awake, driving lapses in attention and task errors.

DISTRACTABILITY, forgetfulness, impulsive behaviour and bursts of endless energy – sounds like classic ADHD, right? But for some children, the cause of these symptoms may not lie in the ...

People with ADHD function differently - even when it comes to sleep and relaxation: they are often hyper in the evening, find it difficult to rest and are tired in the morning. That's not good. A ...

Experts weigh in on why kids with ADHD sleep less and with more disruptions to their sleep cycle. Fact checked by Sarah Scott As many as two out of every three high school students aren't getting ...

For decades, one of the greatest challenges to treating neurological disorders like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

If you struggle to turn your brain off at night, you’re not alone. Many people with ADHD find that falling and staying asleep are really tough and feel unrested much of the time. But sleep is a key ...

Sleep difficulties both stem from and magnify symptoms of ADHD. Although primary sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, may co-exist with ADHD (or, at times, be mistaken for ADHD), many ...

Caffeine is considered a universal stimulant, but among people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder the response to ...

Understood reports ADHD meds may raise heart risks; lifestyle factors like sleep issues and weight gain also affect heart health in those with ADHD.