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Researchers find that the very last part of the brain to develop is responsible for which functions?

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This is the prefrontal cortex, and these do not typically develop until later in adolescence. This part of the brain is responsible for the complex decision-making and planning skills that adults have that many children and teenagers are simply unable to undertake until this part of the brain has matured.
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