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

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Multiple Choice

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

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

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