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TL;DR: In rats trained to spot a brief flash of light, a drug that blocks one nicotine-type receptor (alpha-7) made them better at telling flash from no flash, even with distractions. Drugs that boosted the same receptor made them worse at high doses. Key Find…
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TL;DR: Healthy adults normally react a bit slower to a spot that recently caught their attention, a habit that helps attention move on. A single dose of a drug that boosts dopamine, and another that blocks it, both weakened this habit compared with placebo. Ke…
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TL;DR: A 2026 network meta-analysis in International Clinical Psychopharmacology found that lurasidone and xanomeline-trospium improved global cognitive scores in schizophrenia-spectrum randomized trials, while quetiapine and cariprazine ranked best for attent…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in The Journal of Neuroscience found that adults with ADHD showed more sleep-like brain waves, known as slow waves, while awake, and those brief local sleep states helped explain lapses in attention and vigilance. Key Findings 32 ADHD adult…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring found that each 10% higher energy share from ultra-processed foods was associated with lower attention scores and higher modifiable dementia-risk scores in 2,192 dementia…
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Guanfacine extended release (GXR) may effectively improve cognitive impairments and brain activity in long-COVID patients. Highlights: Patient Presentation: A 32-year-old woman experienced cognitive impairments such as difficulty in word recall, reading, and w…
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