In one study, researchers used fMRI instruments to scan and observe brain changes while teenagers were doing clue processing tasks. In the first experiment, teenagers will be rewarded after completing the task, while in the other experiment, there is no reward. FMRI mainly observes the changes of brain activity when the brain reward mechanism is going on. Then, the researchers collected the saliva of the subjects for the determination of testosterone. The results show that there is no obvious correlation between the rising testosterone concentration and adolescent behavior, but in the first experiment (with reward) and the second experiment (without reward), the brain activities related to reward mechanism are related to the rising testosterone concentration. When teenagers perform rewarding tasks, the rising testosterone concentration will lead to more active brain activity.
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