Chapter 3 provided the basic facts: (a) when you’re an adolescent, your PFC still has a ton of construction ahead of it; (b) in contrast, the dopamine system, crucial to reward, anticipation, and motivation, is already going full blast, so the PFC hasn’t a prayer of effectively reining in thrill seeking, impulsivity, craving of novelty, meaning that adolescents behave in adolescent ways; (c) if the adolescent PFC is still a construction site, this time of your life is the last period that environment and experience will have a major role in influencing your adult PFC;[*] (d) delayed
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