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Article: Study: Hyperactive children, teens have smaller brains; Reassuring: Report suggests the problem is biological in origin, not from bad parenting
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2002
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CHICAGO (AP) - 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 that people with smaller ...