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Alcohol, babies and the death penalty: Saving lives by analysing the shape of the brain
Author(s) -
Mardia Kanti,
Bookstein Fred,
Kent John
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2013.00659.x
Subject(s) - fetal alcohol spectrum disorder , fetal alcohol , alcohol , psychiatry , fetal alcohol syndrome , brain damage , psychoanalysis , medicine , psychology , criminology , biology , pregnancy , genetics , biochemistry
Alcohol can damage the brains of unborn babies. Shape analysis can assess the damage in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Kanti Mardia, Fred Bookstein and John Kent explain how it works, and how it can help babies and even murderers.