Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not have a behavioral disorder, nor are they lazy, or lacking in manners and boundaries. Their brains mature in a different way ...

A large number of computational models of information processing in the basal ganglia have been developed in recent years. Prominent in these are actor-critic models of basal ganglia functioning which ...

"Our findings reveal that the basal ganglia—a brain circuit regulating adaptive behavior and motor functions—is affected in autism, with disruptions in how dopamine and acetylcholine work ...