Multiple Choice
Why were thousands of individuals treated with prefrontal lobotomies in the 1940s and 1950s?
A) They were experimenting on people with mental illnesses.
B) Such surgery had a calming effect on chimpanzees.
C) Patients such as Phineas Gage suggested that this region of the brain is only superficially involved in mental functions.
D) They didn't have adequate drugs at the time and this was the only treatment available for some patients.
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