Anxiety modulates the relation between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder severity and working memory-related brain activity
Researchers scanned the brains of 371 adolescents and young adults (average age 17.1) while they did a visuospatial working memory task. They found that anxiety changed the link between how severe a person’s ADHD symptoms were and brain activity. Specifically, higher anxiety was linked with lower activity in the cerebellum…