Who are those "risk taking adolescents" Individual differences in developmental neuroimaging research
Highlights Rates of development differ across brain regions linked to reward and inhibition. Adolescent risk taking has been attributed in part to normative neurodevelopment. Significant risky behavior in mid adolescence is not characteristic of typical youth. Youth with behavior disorders show increased behavioral and brain responses to reward. Maturational theories of adolescent risk taking can consider individual differences.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience