FRONTAL LOBOTOMY

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N., Pam M.S.
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a surgical procedure where the nerve fibres that connect the frontal lobe to the rest of the brain are cut and part of the lobe is taken out.

FRONTAL LOBOTOMY: "A frontal lobotomy is also called a lobotomy."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. LOBECTOMY
  2. UNCINATE FASCICULUS
  3. PREFRONTAL CORTEX
  4. GRAY RAMUS
  5. OLFACTORY TRACT
  6. PARIETAL LOBE
  7. DERMATOME
  8. DESCENDING TRACT
  9. DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME (DES)
  10. CRANIAL NERVE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "FRONTAL LOBOTOMY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/frontal-lobotomy/ (accessed May 19, 2019).
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