Teens More Likely To Take Risks When Peers Are Present

Presence Of Peers Makes Risk-Taking More Appealing To Teen Brain

Temple University researchers Drs. Jason Chein and Laurence Steinberg set out to measure brain activity in adolescents, alone and with peers, as they made decisions with inherent risks. Their findings, published in January in the journal Developmental Science, demonstrate that when teens are with friends they are more susceptible to the potential rewards of a risk than they are when they are alone.

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