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Article: Study: Hyperactive children, teens have smaller brains
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- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- October 8, 2002
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Dateline: CHICAGO
Hyperactive children and teens have slightly smaller brains than those
without the disorder, a study shows.
Exactly why this is so is not clear, but the researchers said the
smaller brain volume does not appear to be related to the use of hyperactivity
drugs such as Ritalin, as some parents had feared.
The finding could be reassuring to parents in another respect as well:
It suggests that hyperactivity is biological in origin, not a product
of bad parenting.
The researchers said it appears that that the brains of hyperactive
children develop at a normal pace but never entirely catch up in size
with the brains of other youngsters. However, they said ...