The first direct evidence that the cortex controls movement was provided by:
A)Wilder Penfield.
B)Paul Broca.
C)Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig.
D)John Hughlings-Jackson.

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Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig provided the first direct evidence that the cortex controls movement through their experiments in the 1870s, where they electrically stimulated the motor cortex of dogs and observed muscle contractions.

The First Direct Evidence That the Cortex Controls Movement Was