According to Californian researchers, teen girls, who indulge excessively in drinking might face severe problem in their brain parts which controls memory and spatial awareness.

The US study was published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. The study incorporated 95 youngsters, who were aged between 16 -19 years. The operational definition of binge drinking women and men for this study was, girls who take more than three pints of beer or more than four glasses of wine at one sitting. And, for men, who take four pints of beer or a bottle of wine.

In first step of study, 27 binge-drinking males and 13 females were given neuropsychological tests and spatial working memory tests. In second step, the same tests were conducted on 31 males and 24 females, who do not indulge in heavy drinking. The result of both stages was compared using MRI scans, and, it was found out that the females who drink heavily had less brain activation in several parts of brain than females who do not drink heavily. Male binge-drinking tests have showed that they were affected but not up to the level of girls.

The findings of the test have concluded that this could lead to problems when they would be driving, playing complex sports. The difference between male and female tests was due to the fact that girls’ brain develops one to two years early than boys.