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rahulg83
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Here is the first para of one of the passages i was trying yesterday:
One of the first attempts to peer into the living human was carried out by a neurosergeon named Wilder Penfield in the 1950s. Penfield opened the skulls of concious epileptic patients under local anesthesia, and induced a mild electric current into their brains in an attempt to pinpoint the source of seizure activity and then remove the piece of tissue. What he found was even more remarkable than what he initially set out to do. By simulating different points on the lower part of the brain (the temporal lobes), he elicited distinct and vivid memories in his patients. These memories were more precise than usual memories, and incorporated different modalities such as visual and auditory sense impressions. Penfield's patients reported different types of memories. When same location in the temporal lobe eas simulated again the same memory reappeared. Could it be that a physical map of memory exists in our brain?
Question: All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 1 as part of surgical procedure Penfield performed on his patients EXCEPT
A) Penfield stimulated different points in his patients' lobes.
B) Penfield's epileptic patients were not totally anesthized during surgery.
C) The patients' brains were given small electrical shock during surgery.
D) Penfield removed the pieces of tissue responsible for inducing seizures in his patients
E) The patients' skulls were wide open throughout the surgery
It's easy to eliminate A, B and C here. and also D. SO obvious answer seems to be D. But actual answer given is E..
One of the first attempts to peer into the living human was carried out by a neurosergeon named Wilder Penfield in the 1950s. Penfield opened the skulls of concious epileptic patients under local anesthesia, and induced a mild electric current into their brains in an attempt to pinpoint the source of seizure activity and then remove the piece of tissue. What he found was even more remarkable than what he initially set out to do. By simulating different points on the lower part of the brain (the temporal lobes), he elicited distinct and vivid memories in his patients. These memories were more precise than usual memories, and incorporated different modalities such as visual and auditory sense impressions. Penfield's patients reported different types of memories. When same location in the temporal lobe eas simulated again the same memory reappeared. Could it be that a physical map of memory exists in our brain?
Question: All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 1 as part of surgical procedure Penfield performed on his patients EXCEPT
A) Penfield stimulated different points in his patients' lobes.
B) Penfield's epileptic patients were not totally anesthized during surgery.
C) The patients' brains were given small electrical shock during surgery.
D) Penfield removed the pieces of tissue responsible for inducing seizures in his patients
E) The patients' skulls were wide open throughout the surgery
It's easy to eliminate A, B and C here. and also D. SO obvious answer seems to be D. But actual answer given is E..
