When People with ADD or ADHD Participate in a Stop

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Multiple Choice

When people with ADD or ADHD participate in a Stop Signal Task, pressing a button in response to a circle unless a beep sounds immediately,

• A) they do as well as people without ADD or ADHD, because they only have to pay attention for a short period of time.
• B) they do as well as people without ADD or ADHD, because this task is unrelated to the brain mechanisms affected by ADD or ADHD.
• C) they do worse than people without ADD or ADHD, because they have trouble inhibiting their responses.
• D) they do worse than people without ADD or ADHD, because males don't do well on the Stop Signal Task and most people diagnosed with ADD or ADHD are male.

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