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SUBMITTER: Blair MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7219537 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blair Melanie A MA Moyett Ashley A Bato Angelica A AA DeRosse Pamela P Karlsgodt Katherine H KH
Developmental neuropsychology 20180830 7
The present study examined the role of executive control functions (ECF) in adaptive risk-taking during adolescence. Healthy individuals aged 8-25 were administered ECF measures and the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a computerized measure of risk-taking propensity. Findings demonstrated that adolescents who executed a more consistent response strategy evidenced better performance on the BART. Greater working memory (WM) predicted lower response variability and WM capacity mediated the relat ...[more]