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Adolescent Brains Over-Process Rewards, Suggesting Root Of Risky Behavior, Psychological Disorders

January 28, 2011 by

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...

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