Why do 5% of humans have ADHD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is conventionally conceptualised as a neurodevelopmental disorder of attention and executive control. However, in adult clinical populations — ADHD does not travel alone. Instead, it is repeatedly embedded within a broader pattern that includes sensory overload, autonomic lability, hormonal sensitivity (women), connective-tissue-leaning features, immune and histamine reactivity, metabolic vulnerability, increased […]
P-hacking, Phenotypic Ambiguity, and the Limits of Statistical Inference in Psychiatry: Implications for ADHD Research
And why my research is ground-breaking but not publishable P-hacking - defined as undisclosed analytic flexibility that inflates false-positive findings - has been widely discussed as a contributor to the replication crisis across the behavioural sciences. While often distinguished from outright scientific fraud on the basis of intent, p-hacking produces equivalent epistemic damage by introducing untrustworthy findings into the […]
The Fast Brain in a Slow World: ADHD, Evolution, and the Return of Clinical Anthropology
What if ADHD isn’t a disorder at all, but an evolutionary adaptation? This article explores how recent human evolution may explain ADHD traits — and why understanding this could change how we diagnose and support neurodivergent people.