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question 6

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
Scenario II
In pioneering research by Sperry and colleagues,split-brain patients were asked to stare at a dot on a screen centered between their eyes while words of common objects were projected onto the screen either in their left or right visual fields.Subsequently,patients were asked to reach behind a screen with either their left or right hands and identify the object amongst other common objects by touch alone.
-(Scenario II) The split-brain surgical procedure is almost always performed to reduce:

• A)seizure activity among epileptic patients.
• B)brain swelling after traumatic injury.
• C)delusions and hallucinations among paranoid schizophrenics.
• D)the spread of cancerous brain tumors.

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Interaction

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