Adolescence is characterized by pronounced changes in motivated behavior, during which
emphasis on potential rewards may result in an increased tendency to approach things that …

In this review, we describe multiple pathways that may lead to risk-taking in adolescence.
We review behavioral and neuroimaging studies showing heightened risk-taking tendencies …

The relation between brain development across adolescence and adolescent risky behavior
has attracted increasing interest in recent years. It has been proposed that adolescents are …

Understanding how immaturities in the reward system affect decision-making can inform us
on adolescent vulnerabilities to risk-taking, which is a primary contributor to mortality and …

Adolescence is associated with heightened mortality rates due in large measure to negative
consequences from risky behaviors. Theories of adolescent risk taking posit that it is driven …

Moving beyond studies of age differences in “cool” cognitive processes related to risk
perception and reasoning, new approaches to understanding adolescent risk behavior …

Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in affective and
incentive-seeking behavior relative to both childhood and adulthood, including a heightened …

Adolescent decision-making has been characterized as risky, and a heightened reward
sensitivity may be one of the aspects contributing to riskier choice-behavior. Previous …

Neurobiological models suggest that adolescents are driven by an overactive ventral
striatum (VS) response to rewards that may lead to an adolescent increase in risk-taking …

The adolescent transition is associated with increases in reward-and sensation-seeking,
peer-directed social interactions, and risk-taking, with exploratory use of alcohol and other …