Focusing Is Hard! Brain Responses to Reward in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Focusing Is Hard! Brain Responses to Reward in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Have there been times when you just couldn’t focus on homework or wait for your turn to speak? We all have these experiences! But for some children and adults, focusing, sitting, or waiting is extra hard, and that gets them into trouble all the time. They may have something called, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But why is it harder for them to do these things? We thought that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers for Young Minds
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2296-6846
DOI: 10.3389/frym.2017.00018