The Role of the Cerebellum in ADHD

The cerebellum is what creates skills and if you end up with a skill that's underdeveloped then the thinking brain has to get involved every time you try and use it. The trouble with the thinking brain is A it's busy very busy we can only do about seven things at once but secondly it's so much slower than the cortex. So let's jump to riding a bike, when you haven't got those skills hardwired by the cerebellum you fall off because the processing is too slow. It's only when the cerebellums created a program that it performs in the cortex where it's hundred thousand times faster can you actually ride. Sarah Templeton on making life work for

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