ADHD medication may not work how scientists thought:
Stimulants don’t act on the attention center of the brain, new study suggests
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neurodevelopmental disorder
being that has certain capacities or attributes constituting personhood (for humans, use Q5 [human] with P31 [instance of])
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ADHD medication may not work how scientists thought: Stimulants don’t act on the attention center of the brain, new study suggests
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