The Awake "Sleep" Loop: Why Attention Lapses Occur in ADHD (neurosciencenews.com)

A Neuroscience News report describes research finding that adults with ADHD show more “local sleep” brain activity—sleep-like slow waves occurring during wakeful, sustained-attention tasks. This activity was linked to more attention lapses, greater error rates, more variable reaction times, and higher subjective sleepiness. The authors suggest that improving sleep using auditory stimulation could be a future non-drug approach to reduce these intrusions and their effects.