Teenagers Do Not Perform as Well as Adults on Tasks

question 40

Multiple Choice

Teenagers do not perform as well as adults on tasks requiring self-restraint, planning, and future orientation because

• A) the prefrontal cognitive-control network still requires fine-tuning.
• B) adolescent brains are less plastic than adult brains.
• C) brain lateralization is not complete until the mid- to late 20s.
• D) production of synapses and myelination of the corpus callosum do not peak until early adulthood.

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