The Teenage Brain: Sensitivity to Rewards

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-93

  Galván, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; brain development; reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876253338     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413480859     Document Type: Review

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