Who received the Nobel Prize for research that led to the development of the lobotomy procedure?

A) Walter Freeman
B) Egas Moniz
C) Phillipe Pinel
D) Elliot Valenstein

Nobel Prize

Prestigious international awards given annually in several categories including Peace, Literature, and various sciences, for outstanding contributions in their fields.

Lobotomy Procedure

A medical procedure that entails cutting the connections in the prefrontal region of the brain, once commonly performed to manage mental disorders.

Egas Moniz

A Portuguese neurologist best known for pioneering the prefrontal lobotomy as a treatment for mental disorders, and awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949.