The findings suggest that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder utilize unique neural pathways to complete multi-step tasks. The research was conducted in Theresa Desrochers’ lab and published in ...

Switching between tasks comes naturally to some people, but if you have ADHD, it can feel like your mind is juggling a dozen things at once—whether you want it to or not. There’s a real difference ...

Adults with ADHD may experience more bursts of sleep-like brain activity even while awake, causing brief lapses in attention. These micro “rest moments” in the brain could help explain why tasks ...

Do you feel like your energy disappears every time you switch from one task to another? Task switching can leave you feeling drained, unfocused, and worn out, especially if you’re neurodivergent.

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

The hypothalamus is a small region of the human brain typically associated with regulating body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sleep. But it also has another important role: helping the ...

Does this describe you? While you are on a teleconference call you are writing up your quarterly report, checking your email, and texting your friend about where you are meeting for lunch. You would ...