Adolescent risk taking: A social neuroscience perspective

Adolescent Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Developmental and Constructivist Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 41-64

  Steinberg, Laurence ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864661999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139042819.005     Document Type: Chapter

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