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Brief Article

Adolescent risk-taking is predicted by individual differences in cognitive control over emotional, but not non-emotional, response conflict

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Pages 972-979 | Received 30 Nov 2015, Accepted 14 Mar 2016, Published online: 06 Apr 2016

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