What about talking to a doctor during an open brain surgery?Once the skull is open, the games begin. During the operation itself, the patient is required to work alongside doctors. The patient is tested with word games that require him or her to match nouns with verbs: car with drive, water with swim. Each right answer gives a green light for doctors to continue the operation, allowing them to remove tumors, but not the healthy part of the patients’ brains.“Awake” surgery patients goes through a long period of preparation and training before their procedure.