Write it down instead of interrupting

Reviews how working-memory deficits are a core feature of ADHD and underlie everyday functional problems, supporting the mechanistic premise that fear of forgetting a thought (weak WM) drives blurting/interrupting. Establishes the target deficit but does not test note-taking-instead-of-interrupting.

Experimental work showing that offloading information externally confers a performance advantage over relying on internal memory, especially at higher memory loads, and is a valid compensatory strategy across the ability range. Strong indirect support for the offloading mechanism, but general (non-ADHD) population and not a conversational/interrupting paradigm.

Experimentally confirms that writing information down boosts immediate task performance when multiple items must be held simultaneously, at the cost of weaker internal long-term retention. Supports the 'write it to free working memory' logic; not ADHD-specific and not about social interrupting.

CBT/structured-skills approaches for adult ADHD show beneficial effects on core symptoms and teach externalizing/compensatory strategies (writing things down, externalizing reminders) for impulsivity and forgetting — clinical-consensus support for the broad class this method belongs to, but the specific note-instead-of-interrupt tactic is not isolated or trialled.