Reward-Seeking Behavior in the Teen Brain (IMAGE)

The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University

Reward-Seeking Behavior in the Teen Brain

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A connection between activity in the striatum (orange) and hippocampus (green) may help adolescents learn by enhancing certain forms of memory (bottom graph).

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Juliet Davidow/Shohamy Lab, Columbia University Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

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