Teenagers do not perform as well as adults on tasks requiring self-restraint, planning, and future orientation because
A) the prefrontal cognitive-control network still requires fine-tuning.
B) adolescent brains are less plastic than adult brains.
C) brain lateralization is not complete until the mid- to late 20s.
D) production of synapses and myelination of the corpus callosum do not peak until early adulthood.
A
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