Jason Suffered from Severe Epilepsy and Had His Corpus Callosum

question 455

Multiple Choice

Jason suffered from severe epilepsy and had his corpus callosum cut to keep the seizures from spreading to both hemispheres of his brain. This procedure inhibits

• A)impulse control and consequent influence
• B)motor planning functions
• C)speech and language functions
• D)communication between the two hemispheres of the brain

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