Younger Adolescents Seem to Rely More on the Amygdala to Process

question 40

True/False

Younger adolescents seem to rely more on the amygdala to process emotional information, whereas older adolescents rely more on the frontal regions of the brain.

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Definitions:

Sporophyte Generation

A phase in the life cycle of plants and algae that is diploid, producing spores through meiosis to give rise to the gametophyte generation.

Haploid

Describes a cell or organism that contains a single set of chromosomes, typical of gametes in sexually reproducing organisms.

Gametophyte

The sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae that produces gametes, or sex cells.

Liverworts

Non-vascular plants belonging to the division Marchantiophyta, characterized by flat, leaf-like structures on their surface and found in moist, shaded environments.