reduced losses over probabilistic alternatives with identical expected values (Rivers et al., 2008). Overall, the idea that adolescent choices could reflect differences in cognitive strategy—but not deficiencies in outcome prediction—is intriguing. Future neuroimaging and physiology studies of adolescent decision making might benefit from considering the possibility that differences in the precise pattern of neural activity, even within the same brain regions, along with the level of integration between different regions, could facilitate alternative styles of cognitive deliberation.
