Because of cataracts, a neighbor was deprived of visual experiences during early childhood. Last year, her vision was restored by surgery but she is having difficulty in dealing with the visual world. This is probably because:A. brain cells normally devoted to vision died off or were diverted to other uses

B. normal pruning of the visual brain cells occurred

C. brain development ends in childhood

D. visual deprivation has no effect on brain development

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Biology

Jamie Carson

9 July, 09:12

Because of cataracts, a neighbor was deprived of visual experiences during early childhood. Last year, her vision was restored by surgery but she is having difficulty in dealing with the visual world. This is probably because:A. brain cells normally devoted to vision died off or were diverted to other uses

B. normal pruning of the visual brain cells occurred

C. brain development ends in childhood

D. visual deprivation has no effect on brain development

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Dominik Murphy · Answer 1

A

Explanation:

Cataracts is prevalent and well known on older people, but children can also develop cataracts, it is called childhood cataracts. It can either be congenital cataracts or developmental, infantile or juvenile cataracts.