{"id":5165,"date":"2021-03-15T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psychedconsult.com\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2021-02-01T06:17:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:17:19","slug":"slow-processing-speed-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychedconsult.com\/slow-processing-speed-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Processing Speed: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Slow Processing Speed: What You Need to Know<\/h2>\n<p><em>written by Kate Kelly, published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.understood.org\">understood.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p>When someone says something to you, how long does it take you to process the information and respond? You may have never even thought about it before. But that response time is the result of something called processing speed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">Everyone processes information at a different pace. Maybe you\u2019ve seen your child standing silently for a few seconds before responding to someone, spending more time on homework than expected, or taking a long time to explain something. 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