During the course of this class, you have read in the text book and heard me mention (on more than a few occasions) that the Prefrontal Cortex (the brain area responsible for: abstract thought, planning, inhibition/impulse control...) is not fully developed until young adulthood (around the early to mid twenties). What implications should this fact have on issues such as:
Drinking?
Drivers License obtainment?
Sexual Consent?
Military Enlistment?
Criminal Prosecution for Juvenile offenders?