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Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy Can Lead to Brain Damage, Growth

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Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can lead to brain damage, growth restriction, and lifelong mental retardation in children of those mothers who drink.


Definitions:

Visual Fields

The total area in which objects can be seen in the peripheral vision while the eye is focused on a central point.

Severed

Cut off or separated, typically referring to parts of the body or other structured entities.

Lateralization

The specialization of functions in distinct hemispheres of the brain, where one side is commonly more involved in certain tasks (e.g., language in the left hemisphere, spatial abilities in the right).

Brain Organization

The way in which the structures of the brain are arranged and interact to perform various functions.

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