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Heather Brenhouse
Associate Professor of Psychology

Heather Brenhouse in the Press

Teens have an edge when learning from rewards

In a recent experiment, teens did better than adults on a computer game that allowed them to learn from correct guesses. Two brain areas seem to work together to help teens succeed at this kind of learning and perhaps prepare for adulthood, Shohamy and her colleagues reported today in the journalNeuron. “If a developing brain […]

Heather Brenhouse for Northeastern Global News