Surgically Cutting the Nerves Connecting the Frontal Lobes to the Emotion-Controlling

question 556

Multiple Choice

Surgically cutting the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain is called

• A) psychopharmacology.
• B) neurogenesis.
• C) a lobotomy.
• D) ECT.

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