Social Cognition in Adolescents – The role of mentalizing in risky decision making in social context

To test the hypothesis:

1. Mentalizing network activated in adolescent brain during uncertain decision-making is different from risky decision-making in a social context.
2. The task complexity increases the activation of the mentalizing neural circuit in adolescents during risky social decision-making.
3. Female adolescents have increased activation of the mentalizing network compared to male adolescent while taking risky decision-making in a social context.