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Common genetic variants contribute substantially to ADHD susceptibility.   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0269-7 Identificados los genes que contribuyen a los trastornos de atención e hiperactividad. https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ciencia/20181126/identificados-los-genes-que-contribuyen-al-tdah-y-la-hiperactividad-7169163 La investigación ha analizado cerca de diez millones de posiciones del genoma en más de 50.000 personas de diferentes países de Europa, Estados Unidos, Canadá y China. El gen FOXP2 -uno de los más… Continuar lendo Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Findings suggest that Emotion Understanding is influential in the early development of aggression, which may in turn influence the development or exacerbation of Callous-Unemotional features. Children’s Emotion Understanding in early childhood, especially concerning others’ distress, may be an important component of preventive intervention efforts for young children at risk for serious antisocial behavior. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-018-0468-9

Intense Feelings: “Challenges with processing emotions start in the brain itself. Sometimes the working memory impairments of ADHD allow a momentary emotion to become too strong, flooding the brain with one intense emotion.” Thomas Brown, Ph.D., explains why (and how) ADHD sparks such intense anger, frustration, and hurt. https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/adhd-emotions-understanding-intense-feelings/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=best_october_2018&utm_content=102618