Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 280

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Scenario II
In pioneering research by Sperry and colleagues,split-brain patients were asked to stare at a dot on a screen centered between their eyes,while words of common objects were projected onto the screen either in their left or right visual fields.Subsequently,patients were asked to reach behind a screen with either their left or right hands and identify the object among other common objects by touch alone.
-(Scenario II) The split-brain surgical procedure is almost always performed to reduce:

• A)seizure activity among epileptic patients.
• B)brain swelling after traumatic injury.
• C)delusions and hallucinations among paranoid schizophrenics.
• D)the spread of cancerous brain tumours.

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Definitions:

Subsurface Mining

A method of extracting minerals and ores from beneath the earth's surface, involving tunnels or shafts, as opposed to open-pit or surface mining.

Room-And-Pillar

A method of mining that involves excavating rooms while leaving columns or pillars of material to support the mine roof.

Subsurface Mining

The extraction of minerals and ores from underground, involving tunnels or shafts to access geological resources deep below the earth's surface.

Surface Mining

A method of extracting mineral and energy resources near the surface of the Earth rather than through underground tunnels.