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Can a 10-year-old be responsible for a crime? Here’s what brain science tells us

By Susan M. Sawyer, Professor of Adolescent Health The University of Melbourne; Director, Royal Children's Hospital Centre for Adolescent Health, The University of Melbourne
Nandi Vijayakumar, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
Social rewards, emotions and the chance to experience something new all have a strong bearing on children’s decisions in the moment — possibly more than whether it is right or wrong.The Conversation


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