Good and bad news on the adolescent brain

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

Nature, 2013, vol. 503, issue 7474, 48-49

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2013
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