Pitt Researchers Find Adolescent Brains Over-Process Rewards, Suggesting Root of Risky Behavior, Psychological Disorders

Pitt Researchers Find Adolescent Brains Over-Process Rewards, Suggesting Root of Risky Behavior, Psychological Disorders

PITTSBURGH—University of Pittsburgh researchers have recorded neuron activity in adolescent rat brains that could reveal the biological root of the teenage propensity to consider rewards over consequences and explain why adolescents are more vulnerable to drug addiction, behavioral disorders, and other psychological ills.

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