A professor in the middle of a lecture unbuttoned his shirt and rebuttoned it several times in rapid succession,started to sing,and then ran out of the room.He was discovered several hours later sleeping in the rain on a bench in front of the university library.He could not remember his classroom behavior,and he had no idea how he had fallen asleep in the rain.The professor may have experienced
A) a tonic-clonic seizure.
B) a generalized seizure.
C) a complex partial seizure.
D) a spike-and-wave discharge.
E) an absence seizure.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The professor's behavior seems to fit the criteria for a complex partial seizure, which can cause alterations in consciousness, strange behaviors, and amnesia for the event. The fact that he had no recollection of his classroom behavior and had no idea how he ended up asleep in the rain suggests an altered state of consciousness during the episode. The other options listed do not fit the observed behavior as well.

A Professor in the Middle of a Lecture Unbuttoned His