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Adolescent Brain Development
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During adolescence, reward-related systems mature earlier than the frontal regions that regulate impulse and plan ahead.
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Risk-taking rises in adolescence and falls as frontal development completes in the mid-twenties.
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Uneven maturation explains a tendency, not an individual's choices. It is not a defense of any particular act.