According to the Text, What Explains Why Many Teenagers Are

question 59

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what explains why many teenagers are thrill seekers?

• A) The prefrontal cortex is not yet mature.
• B) Their decision-making skills are deficient.
• C) The midbrain is not fully developed.
• D) There is no current explanation.

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Definitions:

Corpus Callosum

A wide bundle of nerve fibers linking the brain's two halves, enabling communication between hemispheres.

Neural Fibers

Long, slender projections of nerve cells, or neurons, that conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Lateralization

The tendency for some neural functions or cognitive processes to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other.

Recognize Faces

The ability of an individual's brain to identify and remember faces of different people.