Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News While researching his new book on attention, author Johann Hari met with one of the world’s leading ...

September 5, 2008 — In a longitudinal study, low–birth-weight children had modestly increased levels of psychiatric problems such as aggression or anxiety throughout childhood. However, those living ...

Researchers at UCLA Health have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. The findings, ...

Smoking in adolescence contributes to attention problems that persist into adulthood, a new study of identical twins suggests. "Since our results imply that smoking causally increases attention ...

Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40 percent less likely to graduate from high school, says a new study from Duke University that examines how early childhood characteristics ...

Let's start with some facts: Seventy-percent of people say they have a problem paying attention. The average attention span is eight seconds. After reading this sentence, it’s likely that you’re going ...

Researchers have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. Researchers at UCLA Health have ...

CHICAGO -- Very young children who watch television face an increased risk of attention deficit problems by school age, a study has found, suggesting that TV might overstimulate and permanently ...

Mr. Burnett, Ms. Loh and Mr. Schmidt are members of the Friends of Attention coalition and co-editors of its forthcoming book, “Attensity!” In our anxious age, increasing attention is being directed ...

Taking an ADHD medication produces brain patterns nearly identical to those of getting a good night’s rest, according to the largest brain imaging study of stimulant drugs ever conducted. The finding ...

This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, ...