Adolescents Respond More to Rewards

Adriana understood that tnager's brains respond more to rewards. But how does that affect their decision making? For example, if we want to test how the adolescent brain responds when they are taking a risk,. We try to mimic and present them with a virtual environment where they are asked to take risks. And what we find is that adolescente, compared to adults, are more likely to run the yellow light.