Following a corrective brain surgery, Kathleen began showing some odd behavior. While grocery shopping, she would find her right hand trying to grab items off of the shelf while her left hand tried to remove those same items from her shopping cart. Based on her behavior, what type of surgical procedure did Kathleen have?
A. amputation of a limb
B. severing of the corpus callosum
C. lesion in the somatosensory area
D. frontal lobotomy
Answer: B
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