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Brain Connection: Decision Making Is Still a Work in Progress for Teenagers

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Discusses research studies that have looked at the teenage brain and discovered that it is not fully developed until the early twenties, and this explains why teens take greater risks than adults do. (Published Mar. 20, 2013)

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