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Adolescent Brains Over-Process Rewards, Suggesting Root Of Risky Behavior, Psychological Disorders
January 28, 2011 by NewsBot
University of Pittsburgh researchers have recorded neuron activity in adolescent rat brains that could reveal the biological root of the teenage propensity to consider rewards over consequences and explain why adolescents are more vulnerable to drug addiction, behavioral disorders, and other psychological ills...


