Scientists: Teen Brain Still Maturing
December 3, 2007 By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer(AP) -- The teenage brain, Laurence Steinberg says, is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely result is a crash. And, perhaps, a crime.
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