Adults with ADHD experience more frequent "sleep-like" brain activity while awake, driving lapses in attention and task errors.

Why do we get distracted? Whether you're trying to hold a conversation at a busy restaurant or read on a crowded train, our brains sometimes struggle to pay attention. And while that might be annoying ...

Most students do not complain of a lack of intelligence anymore. They complain of something subtler and more unsettling: the inability to stay with a page, a lecture, or even a line of thought.

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...

Reading books isn’t just good for your mind. It triggers profoundly relaxing changes in your body as well.