The real experiment came next. Fulton and Jacobsen wanted to understand the role of specific areas of the brain in performing tasks that required memory. So they removed Lucy and Becky’s frontal lobes (located just behind the forehead). Following the operation, Lucy no longer remembered how to get the food. The scientists concluded that Lucy’s frontal lobes were responsible for synthesizing and storing recent memories. They also noticed something else. Becky still had trouble getting the food, but now she didn’t care. “It was as though [she] had joined a happiness cult,” said Jacobsen. John
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Lucy and Becky were monkies. This was still barbaric.
