Decision-making Under Risk in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Adolescents often make risky and impulsive decisions. Such behavior has led to the common assumption that a dysfunction in risk-related decision-making peaks during this age. Differences in how risk has been defined across studies, however, make it difficult to draw conclusions about developmental c...

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Main Authors: David ePaulsen, Michael ePlatt, Scott A Huettel, Elizabeth M Brannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00072/full