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

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.