Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence

Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence

Adolescents demonstrate both heightened sensitivity to peer influence and increased risk-taking. The current study provides a novel test of how these two phenomena are related at behavioral and neural levels. Adolescent males (N = 83, 16–17 years) completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) in a...

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Main Authors: Rui Pei, Nina Lauharatanahirun, Christopher N. Cascio, Matthew B. O’Donnell, Jean T. Shope, Bruce G. Simons-Morton, Jean M. Vettel, Emily B. Falk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Subjects:
Adolescence
Risk-Taking
fMRI
Peer influence
Driving
BART
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929320300426

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