by Peter | Oct 2, 2026 | ADHD, Feeling, research, speech
Gillian Forrester’s research findings concerning the link between hand use and cognition will come as no surprise to readers of this website. Nor will the link with ADHD and autism. What do the very first writhing movements of babies have in common with...
by Peter | Aug 28, 2026 | ADHD, autism, live-die, mental health, neuro-divergent
In the 17th Century, to establish the difference between human and non-humans, Rene Descartes claimed that humans had both bodies and minds whereas animals had only bodies. This mistaken belief, wherein body and mind are treated as separate entities, still persists...
by Peter | Aug 24, 2026 | brain, education, write
First a general comment. Dr Max Pemberton is experiencing the same kind of vested interest opposition that Profs Elliott & Grigorenko experienced several years ago on the publication of their The Dyslexia Debate. Elliott and Grigorenko’ were not saying that...
by Peter | Apr 17, 2026 | ADHD, Big Pharma, brain, handedness, left-right
There at least three answers to the question of what is ADHD: It is a ‘medical condition, first described in symptom terms in 1798 by the Scottish physician Sir Alexander Crichton as “the incapacity of attending with a necessary degree of constancy to any one...
by Peter | Jul 15, 2025 | ADHD, assessment model, education, hand, neuro-divergent, parents, wright, wright - write hand mismatch, write
The homunculus In the Middle Ages, many believed the homunculus -the little human with a voice inside our heads- told us what to think and do. One of the problems with this belief, was the question of who or what told the homunculus what to tell us? The homunculus...
