In a longitudinal study of ethnically diverse early adolescents, a large imbalance between the brain’s cognitive-control network and its emotional/social network predicted ________
A) increased abuse of all types of drugs into early adulthood
B) adult patterns of drug use that mirrored those of early adolescent nonusers
C) a rapid rise in alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use by midadolescence
D) decreased rates of alcohol consumption but increased rates of tobacco use in the next decade
Answer: C
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