Response Inhibition: It Starts with Stopping

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Response Inhibition: It Starts with Stopping

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Mar 22, 2009

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The key to successful decision-making is that tiny little pause where we think through our options and make a good choice. People with ADHD have difficulty creating this pause and as a result get distracted, forget things, and leap without looking.

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Mar 22, 2009

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