Question

Once controlled research studies were conducted on the effectiveness of prefrontallobotomies, they were discovered to be

Answer 1

Answer: C. essentially useless

Explanation:

Once controlled research studies were conducted on the effectiveness of prefrontal lobotomies, they were discovered to be Virtually useless

The lobotomy is a type of neurosurgery, or surgery performed on the brain, known as psychosurgery. The idea behind psychosurgery is that severe forms of mental illness can be treated by changing the way that the brain works. ... So a lobotomy was intended to sever the white matter between different areas of gray matter.