Multiple Choice
Recent research suggests that adolescents may be prone to engage in risky behaviors such as reckless driving and unprotected sex because the ____ area of the brain is not fully developed until late adolescence or early adulthood.
A) hypothalamus
B) prefrontal cortex
C) occipital cortex
D) medulla
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