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Study finds ADHD is associated with dementia

September 16, 2021 by SharpBrains

Multi­gen­er­a­tional Study Finds Links Between ADHD, Demen­tia Risk (Health Day):

Atten­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) appears to be some­how linked to risk of demen­tia and Alzheimer’s dis­ease, a new multi­gen­er­a­tional study has found.

Par­ents and grand­par­ents of peo­ple with ADHD have a high­er risk of Alzheimer’s and demen­tia than peo­ple with no ADHD in their fam­i­ly, Swedish researchers said.

Specif­i­cal­ly, par­ents of an ADHD child have a 34% high­er risk of demen­tia and 55% high­er risk of Alzheimer’s, the results showed. Grand­par­ents have about an 11% increased risk of either con­di­tion. [Read more…] about Study finds ADHD is asso­ci­at­ed with dementia

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: adhd, Alzheimers-disease, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, cognitive, cognitive decline, cognitive-abilities, dementia, neurodegenerative-diseases, Neurodevelopmental

Study: EEG-augmented brain training shows promise as first-line treatment for ADHD

March 9, 2016 by SharpBrains

Atentiv_System_PrototypeNov­el Brain Train­ing Game May Reduce Kids’ ADHD Symp­toms (Med­space):

“A nov­el cog­ni­tive train­ing com­put­er game that uses a child’s own brain waves to improve con­cen­tra­tion may reduce symp­toms of atten­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD), say US researchers.

Inves­ti­ga­tors used a nov­el feed-for­ward mod­el­ing (FFM) sys­tem, which…is based on a com­put­er cog­ni­tive train­ing game in which atten­tion is required to move an avatar through the game. The game was cal­i­brat­ed using an elec­troen­cephalo­gram (EEG) head­band with three frontal sen­sors to cre­ate a mod­el of atten­tion and inat­ten­tion states. [Read more…] about Study: EEG-aug­ment­ed brain train­ing shows promise as first-line treat­ment for ADHD

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: academic-performance., adhd, ADHD-symptoms, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, brain-waves, cognitive-skills, Cognitive-Training, EEG headband, electroencephalogram, nonpharmacological

Does Brain Training Work? Depends. Better Question is, How, When, for Whom Can Brain Training Work?

June 29, 2012 by Alvaro Fernandez

brain training question and answersYou may have read a new wave of arti­cles claim­ing that “brain train­ing does­n’t work”, based on the recent research meta-ana­lyt­ic review Is Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing Effec­tive? (Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chol­o­gy, May 2012), whose abstract says:

“It has been sug­gest­ed that work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing pro­grams are effec­tive both as treat­ments for atten­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) and oth­er cog­ni­tive dis­or­ders in chil­dren and as a tool to improve cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and scholas­tic attain­ment in typ­i­cal­ly devel­op­ing chil­dren and adults… [Read more…] about Does Brain Train­ing Work? Depends. Bet­ter Ques­tion is, How, When, for Whom Can Brain Train­ing Work?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: adhd, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Brain-Training, cognitive--disorders, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, Cognitive-Training, meditation, neurocognitive, neuroplasticity, working-memory-training

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