The phrase "a response rather than" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when comparing two options, indicating a preference for one over the other.
Example: "I would prefer a response rather than silence on this matter."
Alternatives: "a reply instead of" or "an answer rather than".
Unfortunately, overt naming is problematic because speech production in the vast majority of individuals is lateralised to the LH and so naming can produce a spurious advantage for information projected to the LH because this information is projected to the hemisphere responsible for producing a response rather than because this hemisphere is superior for recognizing that information.
How about a response rather than a crisis?
Then, you can go back in and have a response rather than a reaction.
In Experiment 2, after the participants recognized the stimuli, they were required to gaze at the handwriting for 3000 msec before making a response rather than responding immediately after stimulus onset.
We each have the capacity to be aware of the impacts we absorb, consider them, and feel a response rather than give an automatic reaction.
"It can be something as simple as 'Hey, I have e mailed you the proposal, let me know if you have any questions.' The view is this: Once I have engaged with you, it is acceptable to text for a response rather than picking up the phone.
It has been suggested that inflammatory bowel disease is a result of a TH17 response rather than a TH1 response.
A moderate but significant expression of IL-4, but not IFNγ and IL-12, suggests a tendency to a TH2 response rather than a TH1 response.
The high values are associated with an increase in the number of lobules showing a slight response rather than a large reaction within a few lobules.
We previously reported that LVP can interfere with TLR4-triggered maturation of DC, resulting in cells having a better potential to stimulate a Th2 response rather than a Th1 response of T cells.
"It just seems to me wrong to a patient if you've received a minor response rather than a partial response that you can't go on and receive treatment," said Dr. Paul S. Richardson, a researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
