Hi, I am interested in learning more about this subject of brain development and brain development problems/abnormalities. I hope to hear back with suggestions/resources for further study. Thank you, Kristina

Hi, I am fairly new to the podcast, but am already hooked :). In this episode, one thing jumped out at me, (I hope I understand the function of "send us a text"!!🤔), when Dr. Melillo was giving a brief overview, at the end of the podcast, of the right brain/left brain in early development, he said that getting rid of the primitive reflexes is foundational to being able to integrate left and right brain functions (did I understand that correctly?). The reason that this jumped out at me is that (Im leaving out huge parts of my story to keep it under a book's length) Ive always been drawn to the concept of arrested development (and not the fabulous series) and felt strongly that I have it in some way. Ok, how can I make this brief?! I come from artists and wildly creative people (with no shortage of mental illness and behavioral issues), and I am no exception. My right brain was so dominant, I often suspected that I found right brain ways to solve left brain problems. I played piano briefly as a child, by ear. When I continued on with music as a career, I was still mostly functioning by "ear", which isn't uncommon in the music world. Here's the odd part: I had studied and knew music theory, and could read music, but when it came down to it, I could either approach, lets say playing piano, from the theory I had studied, or I could play by ear, but never do both at the same time, which was irritating and baffling to me. Is this what Dr. Melillo was referring to? Are my left and right brain not able to work together? Anyway, Im excited to keep lis