The Primary Reason for Initially Performing Split-Brain Surgery on Humans

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Multiple Choice

The primary reason for initially performing split-brain surgery on humans was to:

• A) find out what each half of the brain can do, cut off from the other.
• B) reduce the seizures in patients with debilitating, uncontrollable epilepsy.
• C) find out whether the two hemispheres would develop an alternate means of communication.
• D) reduce the tremors, stiffness, and rigidity of severe Parkinson's disease.

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