Brain Abnormality Found In Boys With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Saturday, December 22, 2012 - 02:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the conditions, but not where they expected to find it. Boys with either or both of these disorders exhibited a different pattern of brain activity than normally developing boys when they played a simple game that sometimes gave them a monetary reward for correct answers, according to a new study by a University of Washington research team. read more