Seventeen-Year-Old Jake Tends to Take Risks While Driving and Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

Seventeen-year-old Jake tends to take risks while driving and is quick-tempered. This lack of self-control and reasoning may be due to the relatively slow development of the

• A) corpus callosum.
• B) prefrontal cortex.
• C) amygdala.
• D) limbic system.

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