Researcher Roger Sperry Won a Nobel Prize for His Research

question 220

Multiple Choice

Researcher Roger Sperry won a nobel prize for his research on epilepsy. Sperry cut through the __________ which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.

• A) medulla
• B) pons
• C) pituitary gland
• D) corpus callosum

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Mens Rea

Latin for “guilty mind”; the mental state accompanying a wrongful behavior.

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