In the 1930s,Antonio Egas Moniz developed a surgical treatment called a lobotomy to reduce the symptoms of mental illness in disturbed patients.A lobotomy involved damaging or destroying the parts of the brain that are responsible for self-awareness,planning,initiative,creativity,and responsibility.Sadly,the damage also made patients apathetic and unable to correct self-defeating actions.Based on this information,what was Moniz destroying?
A) The frontal lobes.
B) The motor cortex.
C) The somatic cortex.
D) The association cortex.

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The frontal lobes are responsible for self-awareness, planning, initiative, creativity, and responsibility. Therefore, damaging or destroying these parts of the brain would result in the symptoms described in the question - apathy and inability to correct self-defeating actions.

In the 1930s,Antonio Egas Moniz Developed a Surgical Treatment Called