Cognitive scientists have shown that an individual's ability to evaluate risks and rewards
A)increases steadily across the life-span.
B)increases until a person is in her mid-20s.
C)increases until the end of adolescence,then begins to decay.
D)is well developed by mid-adolescence.

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Cognitive scientists have found that the ability to evaluate risks and rewards improves during childhood and adolescence and tends to peak in the mid-20s, after which it remains relatively stable or may change due to other factors like health, but does not follow a pattern of steady increase throughout life.

Cognitive Scientists Have Shown That an Individual's Ability to Evaluate