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Long-Term Risky Decision Making May Have Its Roots In Adolescent Alcohol Expsoure

September 22, 2009 by

Picture this. A bunch of adolescent rats walk into a bar and start consuming Jell-O shots. Lots of them. Then, three weeks later, some of those party rats are given the choice of pushing one lever that always will give them two sugary pellets or another lever that will give them a larger but uncertain reward of either four or zero treats.