psychosurgery
nounEtymology From psycho- + surgery.
- This was studied in humans where amygdalotomies were done not to control seizures but to control aggression. Such psychosurgery provoked fiery controversy in the 1970s. And I don't mean scientists not saying hello to each other at conferences. I mean a major public shit storm.2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- psychosurgeon, psychosurgical
- Related terms
- lobotomy, neurosurgery