Adolescents Often Experience Heightened Emotions and Increased Risk-Taking Behavior

question 115

Multiple Choice

Adolescents often experience heightened emotions and increased risk-taking behavior. This may be due to delayed development (compared to the limbic system) in which area of the brain?

• A) temporal lobe
• B) right hemisphere
• C) left hemisphere
• D) prefrontal cortex

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