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cdr_15

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Changes in the _____ of the brain in adolescents may help explain the increase in risk-taking behavior in that group.
 
  a. somatosensory cortex
  b. occipital lobe
  c. prefrontal cortex
  d. temporal lobe

Question 2

Myelination has been implicated in the increase in _____ in teenagers.
 
  a. suicide
  b. the generation of hypothetical questions
  c. the vocabulary spurt
  d. a focused sex drive


zhanghao

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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