When Myers and Sperry Severed the Corpus Callosum in Cats

question 197

Multiple Choice

When Myers and Sperry severed the corpus callosum in cats they found that:

• A)one side of the brain did not know what the other side was doing.
• B)abnormal eating behaviors occurred because the cats could not regulate hunger.
• C)the left side of the cat's body was not affected by this operation.
• D)disorganized electrical activity spread from one hemisphere to the other.

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