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Good and bad news on the adolescent brain

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  • Valerie F. Reyna

    (Valerie F. Reyna is at the Human Neuroscience Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA.)

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In response to bad news about risk, young adolescents alter estimates of their own vulnerability to adverse events less accurately than older people. The finding has implications for managing risk-taking behaviour in young people.

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  • Valerie F. Reyna, 2013. "Good and bad news on the adolescent brain," Nature, Nature, vol. 503(7474), pages 48-49, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:503:y:2013:i:7474:d:10.1038_nature12704
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12704
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