"Split brain" patients are patients who have had ________.

A) their cerebellum split in the middle
B) their brain stem cut down the middle
C) their corpus callosum cut
D) a prefrontal lobotomy

Split Brain

A condition resulting from the severance or damage of the corpus callosum, leading to a lack of communication between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

Corpus Callosum

The large band of neural fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, facilitating interhemispheric communication.

Prefrontal Lobotomy

A surgical procedure once used to treat mental disorders, involving the removal or destruction of parts of the prefrontal cortex of the brain.