Frontal Lobes in ADD/ADHD    The frontal lobe has long been
thought to be associated with ADD/ADHD. Many types of studies
have been conducted to assess the functioning of the frontal
lobe as it is related to symptoms of ADD/ADHD. The two main
divisions of research assessing these functions are cognitive
researchers, and brain imaging studies to asses activity.
Cognitive researchers are those psychologists who study the
specific capacities of our brains to perform certain processes
or activities. They do not focus too much on brain structure per
se, they tend to focus on how these systems work. Brain imaging
studies have been used to illustrate the ways in which the brain
is active in various circumstances, and have tested many
scenarios to determine if the part of the brain they are viewing
is responsible for the actions being seen in the person. These
two techniques will be introduced separately and the evidence
that each have accumulated points to the frontal lobe as having
a central role in ADD/ADHD. More