PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In extreme cases, surgically severing the corpus callosum is a treatment for which of the following conditions?
A
Schizophrenia
B
Epilepsy
C
Narcolepsy
D
Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
E
Major Depressive Syndrome
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Corpus callosotomy is surgery to treat epilepsy seizures when antiseizure medications don’t help. The procedure involves cutting a band of fibers (the corpus callosum) in the brain. Afterward, the nerves can’t send seizure signals between the brain’s two halves.

Detailed explanation-2: -A corpus callosotomy, sometimes called split-brain surgery, may be performed in people with the most extreme and uncontrollable forms of epilepsy, when frequent seizures affect both sides of the brain.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1940, van Wagenen and Herren first proposed the corpus callosotomy (CC) as a surgical procedure for epilepsy. CC has been mainly used to treat drop attacks, which are classified as generalized tonic or atonic seizures.

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