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Brain Development Lags in ADHD Kids

JMH

Emeritus, Contributor

Jul 30, 2012

#1

Children with ADHD experience a developmental delay in areas of the brain important for controlling action and attention, a new study shows.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health studied 234 children with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and 231 normally developing children, scanning each of their brains up to 4 times from age 10 to 17.

http://www.livescience.com/21958-brain-development-lags-in-adhd-kids.html

satrow

Moderator, BSOD Kernel Dump Senior Analyst

Staff member

Jul 30, 2012

#2

I think they mean 'conventional' or 'normal' brain development lags, in some areas like intuition, they seem to be ahead of the 'norm'.

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