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Starting in the 1940s, a small group of individuals had a procedure done where their corpus callosum was surgically split. This was done to provide relief from epileptic seizures that would start in one hemisphere and spread to the other. These procedures were very rare, with some only having partial splits. Because of this, only about 10 people have been fully studied.

Brief History of Brain Splitting Procedure

Which statement best analyzes the primary therapeutic rationale for surgically severing the corpus callosum in a small number of patients beginning in the mid-20th century?

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