When Myers and Sperry Severed the Corpus Callosum in Cats

question 161

Multiple Choice

When Myers and Sperry severed the corpus callosum in cats, they found that:

• A) one side of the brain did not know what the other side was doing.
• B) abnormal eating behaviours occurred because the cats could not regulate hunger.
• C) the left side of the cats' bodies were not affected by this operation.
• D) disorganized electrical activity spread from one hemisphere to the other.

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