Are teenagers naturally reckless or just biologically wired for risk?
In short: Explore the science behind adolescent decision-making. This video examines Kashfia Rahman's experiment on how high school students respond to risk and how these experiences shape their developing brains.
Kashfia Rahman, a Harvard freshman and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair winner, investigated whether teenage risk-taking is a period of sudden recklessness or a natural developmental phase. Her research specifically tested how high school students react to risk and the ways in which repeated exposure to risk can alter the brain's decision-making processes.
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