![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106224944im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Racing Neurons Control Whether We Stop or Go
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April 18, 2007
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In the children's game "red light-green light," winners are able to stop, and take off running again, more quickly than their comrades. New research reveals that a similar race goes on in our brains, with impulse control being the big winner.
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Source Vanderbilt University
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