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September 9, 2010

Adriana Galván explores how daily stress and associated stress hormones impact decision making.

Adriana Galván, a researcher at UCLA, explores how daily stress and associated stress hormones impact decision making. She is studying the effect of stress on brain function in adolescents and adults. Here, Galván,stands in front of an MRI machine before an experiment.

Credit: Adriana Galván, University of California, Los Angeles


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