Show Notes
Most ADHD interventions only work if you actually stick with them. So what happens when the intervention is something your brain actually wants to do? Skye joins Will to unpack a systematic review of 22 studies on virtual reality interventions for ADHD. They look at surprisingly high adherence rates, what the research suggests about attention and working memory, and whether improvements inside VR actually carry over into everyday life. They also dig into the different ways VR is being used, f...
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