Colin's schizophrenia is responding well to his medication, but he continues to be bothered by auditory hallucinations, in which voices continually criticize his actions. Colin's physician might try which of the following experimental treatments in order to provide him with relief from these troubling symptoms?
A. repeated rTMS
B. lesions of the auditory cortex
C. electrical stimulation of the auditory cortex
D. gene therapy
Answer: A
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