According to the dual systems model, heightened risk-taking in early to mid-adolescence may be due to an imbalance or gap between the development of the ___________________

a. left hemisphere and the social network
b. the right hemisphere and the reward network
c. the social network and the attention systems of the brain
d. reward network and the executive control network


Answer: D

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