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Response Inhibition and Deviant Social Behaviour in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Gordon R. Lowe*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee

Extract

In this paper “response inhibition” refers to the individual's capacity to refrain from responding in ways that are inappropriate. Inappropriate responding, usually in the form of over-responding, is more natural when we are young; but as we grow older our capacity to inhibit response, and hence our effectiveness, is normally expected to improve.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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