Virginia Tech researchers show teens with risk-averse peers make safer choices
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Newswise — Your high school friends may have had a bigger influence on your behavior than you once thought.
Newswise — Your high school friends may have had a bigger influence on your behavior than you once thought.
Prior studies have shown adolescents are likely to experiment along with friends who use drugs and alcohol.
Pearl Chiu and Brooks King-Casas, both associate professors at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, combined brain scans…
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