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ADULT DECISION-MAKING [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

A series of studies of Bechara, Damasio, and coworkers indicate that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex plays an important role in adult decision making ... The decision-making deficit in ventromedial prefrontal patients consists of a strong preference for immediate prospects combined with a reduced sensitivity to future consequences, positive or negative.

CONT

In other words, teenagers cannot be held fully responsible for their actions because all the wiring to allow adult decision making isn't completed yet.

Key term(s)
  • adult decision-making

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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