With the arrival of the vacations, many families ask us if their children should continue receiving medication for ADHD, since they will not go to school or have to study during the summer months. This same question, which we are asked so many times in our daily practice as neuropediatricians, has never been heard in … Read more
Children with ADHD frequently present learning difficulties, either due to the inherent characteristics of ADHD itself (inattention, poor impulse control, lack of organization and motivation); or as a direct consequence of certain learning disorders that may specifically affect the areas of reading, spelling, written expression, mathematics or language. In fact, it is estimated that the … Read more
“Every morning when I wake up I am perfectly capable of remembering the main European capitals and rivers, or the names of the presidents of my country and the different events that have marked contemporary history; and yet I feel totally lost when I have to face the fact that girls consider me a bore, … Read more
Learning is the process by which human beings acquire and store certain information in order to be able to use it when necessary. For this to be possible, it is essential that this information penetrates through the senses, to be subsequently processed and stored in our brain. “The brain is to learning what the lungs … Read more
As an emergency measure to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) infection, Spain has declared a state of alarm according to RD463/2020. Although this measure seems reasonable and is surely necessary, it is normal that there are some concerns regarding the negative effects that prolonged school closures and home confinement may have on the physical … Read more
The role of ethanol as a teratogenic agent has been widely recognized for decades; in fact, it is considered to be the main identifiable and preventable cause of cognitive deficits and congenital malformations directly involving the central nervous system. In this regard, prenatal alcohol exposure can give rise to a group of conditions known collectively … Read more
The renowned specialist in Neuropediatrics, Dr. Manuel Antonio Fernández answers one of the most talked about questions in the last few summers… Is it good for children to do homework in summer? If summer is supposed to be a non-teaching period to disconnect, why overload children with a lot of homework? Is summer homework related … Read more