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RT @Div_Addiction: Join us at #AddMed2016 to hear Dr. @DebiLaPlante discuss Technology and #addiction, 10/1/16. Register here: https://t.co…
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Dr. Huettel's key findings on decision-making and risk-taking in adolescents sciencedirect.com/science/articl… https://t.co/ipEqWpgdb3
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Thanks everyone for a great webinar! Join us on May 5 for Dr. Andrew Kayser's session "Waiting is the Hardest Part" ncrg.org/webinars
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In adolescent social networks the high risk-takers generally have high social influence #NCRGWebinar
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But interventions need to change behavior, not simply knowledge #NCRGWebinar
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The biggest intervention for curbing risky behaviors in teens has been to simply tell them about the consequences #NCRGWebinar
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Dr. Huettel now taking questions! For more information on the Huettel Lab visit sites.duke.edu/huettellab #NCRGWebinar
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A simple social intervention reduces impulse purchases and increases patience #NCRGWebinar
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In training teens on good financial decision making, Huettel and lab encourage them to think about advising a friend #NCRGWebinar
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In a risky driving simulation, adolescents had greater reward-system activation when a peer watched them (Chein et al. 2011) #NCRGWebinar
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What they do not have is the ability to rely on simple rules in decision making (they don't have the experience yet) #NCRGWebinar
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Adolescents are systematic in the information they acquire (e.g. a teen researching best quality, best price on a $50 purchase) #NCRGWebinar
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Here’s a link to the @NPR article which highlighted Dr. Huettel’s surprising findings npr.org/sections/healt… #NCRGWebinar
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Huettel lab, tracking eye movements of people playing a risky task, found that adolescents were more rational in their DM #NCRGWebinar
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The rational decision maker normally will analyze gains/losses, respond slowly and acquire as much info as possible #NCRGWebinar
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Adolescence is an intermediate period between high-risk preference childhood and higher risk-aversion adulthood #NCRGWebinar
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Therefore higher testosterone in males doesn't necessarily mean more risk-taking #NCRGWebinar
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Both high and low testosterone levels are associated with decreased uncertainty aversion #NCRGWebinar
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Men have slightly more tolerance for risk than women, but not by much #NCRGWebinar
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There's no one "risk-seeking phenotype" - risk looks different for everyone #NCRGWebinar
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Risk-seeking is not one "trait," but many - occurring in domains like gambling, health, investing, ethics, etc. #NCRGWebinar
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Huettel argues that with adolescents they're generally not experienced enough to be able to match behavior to context #NCRGWebinar
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