The decision to treat "terminal" epilepsy patients with commissurotomy was made on the basis of previous comparative studies that had shown that
A) epileptic discharges spread from one hemisphere to the other via the corpus callosum.
B) commissurotomy has little disruptive effect on behavior outside contrived laboratory situations.
C) commissurotomy eliminates seizure discharges.
D) all of the above
E) both A and B

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Interestingly, commissurotomy reduced the incidence of seizures, rather than simply restricting them to one hemisphere as first predicted.

The Decision to Treat "Terminal" Epilepsy Patients with Commissurotomy Was