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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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Posts: 316

Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b

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