Hanging out with the right crowd: positive peer pressure in adolescence

January 12, 2017 • 1 min read

Peer pressure in adolescence often has negative connotations for worried parents and in the media. Jorien investigated the positive influence of peers on decision-making and examined the neural underpinnings of peer influence in the adolescent brain.

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