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It's my brain's fault! Why teenagers make often unwise decisions

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Adults exhibit a tendency to make better decisions than adolescents, and this improvement drives an increase in specific and more sophisticated choice behaviors, according to a study published November 14 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology .

A developmental improvement in decision-making mediates better performance across learning tasks.

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