People with severe, uncontrollable epilepsy, who have frequent grand mal seizures, have been helped by an operation that _____
a) severs the communication between hemispheres.
b) removes excitatory neurons.
c) severs the substantia nigra and basal ganglia.
d) removes most of the right hemisphere.
Answer: a
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A) Anthony's private speech is an indication of unhealthy egocentric behavior. B) Anthony's use of self-guiding private speech during a challenging activity will not lead to better task performance. C) Anthony's private speech will only be as good as his communication skills with others. D) Anthony uses private speech to help compensate for impairments in cognitive processing.
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