Kids Prescribed Pot for ADHD
Newser
(Newser) – Schools with a zero tolerance drug policy are running smack dab into the smoldering ...

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The Cure for an ADHD Kind of Day
ADDitude (blog)
It was shaping up to be an ADHD kind of day. Exercise would help, but I didn't feel like it. What do you do when you know what you should do, ...

Last year we shared the best sounds for getting work done with you and the science behind using them. Today we want to hear about whether or not you use ambient sounds when you work.

Photo by Chi King.

What kind of ambient noise or music do you use to help you get work done? Is the hum of the server fans enough? Do you listen to ocean waves even though you're in a cubicle in Kansas? We want to hear about the ambient noise you use—if at all!—to help you drown out outside distractions and focus on your work.

If you've never toyed with the idea of using ambient noise to help focus, definitely check out our full guide to doing so. It's packed with online resources for downloading and listening to ambient tracks. If you're already doing it, let's hear about it in the comments—extra bonus points for providing links to any online sources you use or where you found your ambient tracks. Alternately, if you don't find listening to anything—music, ambient noise tracks, a fan in the corner—is helpful we want to hear about that too.




Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

We are less willing to let boys be boys in classrooms
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
As a longtime practicing psychologist, Rao says the number of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnoses has nearly quadrupled over a 10-year period ...

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SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development institute, announced today that Thomas S. Kilduff, Ph.D., director of SRI International's Center for Neuroscience, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).