The Teenage Brain: A Neuroeconomic Approach to Adolescent Decision Making

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-113

  van Duijvenvoorde, Anna C K ^a   Crone, Eveline A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescence; learning; neuroeconomics; risky decision making; social decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876244986     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413475446     Document Type: Article

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