DrsGazzaniga and Sperry Conducted a Series of Studies Testing the Abilities

question 97

Multiple Choice

Drs.Gazzaniga and Sperry conducted a series of studies testing the abilities of epilepsy patients who had undergone a split-brain procedure,where the left hemisphere was disconnected from the right.How were the brains of epilepsy patients modified during the split-brain procedure?

• A) Their corpus callosums had been severed.
• B) Their left hemispheres had been partially removed.
• C) Their parietal lobes had been partially removed.
• D) Their somatosensory cortexes had been intentionally damaged.

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