@article{ref1,
title="Risk-taking and decision-making in youth: Relationships to addiction vulnerability",
journal="Journal of behavioral addictions",
year="2013",
author="Balogh, Kornelia N. and Mayes, Linda C. and Potenza, Marc N.",
volume="2",
number="1",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Decision-making and risk-taking behavior undergo developmental changes during adolescence. Disadvantageous decision-making and increased risk-taking may lead to problematic behaviors such as substance use and abuse, pathological gambling and excessive internet use.   METHODS: Based on MEDLINE searches, this article reviews the literature on decision-making and risk-taking and their relationship to addiction vulnerability in youth.   RESULTS: Decision-making and risk-taking behaviors involve brain areas that undergoing developmental changes during puberty and young adulthood. Individual differences and peer pressure also relate importantly to decision-making and risk-taking.   CONCLUSIONS: Brain-based changes in emotional, motivational and cognitive processing may underlie risk-taking and decision-making propensities in adolescence, making this period a time of heightened vulnerability for engagement in additive behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2062-5871",
doi="10.1556/JBA.2.2013.1.1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/JBA.2.2013.1.1"
}