Study finds ADHD is associated with dementia

By SharpBrains | September 16, 2021

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…

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

By SharpBrains | March 9, 2016

Nov­el 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…

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

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 29, 2012

You 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…

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