Asked by Amanda (Ashley) Hibbard on Sep 28, 2024

If you sent the word "banana" to the left hemisphere and the word "cucumber" to the right hemisphere in a patient with a severed corpus callosum,which of the following would the patient be able to name verbally

A)  both items 
B)  neither item 
C)  only the banana 
D)  only the cucumber

Corpus Callosum

A wide, thick nerve fiber bundle located beneath the cortex in the brain, responsible for interconnecting the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

Severed

Refers to something that has been cut off or separated from the whole.

Left Hemisphere

The left side of the brain, typically associated with analytical tasks, language processing, and logic.

  • Acknowledge the specialization of the brain's hemispheres in controlling different cognitive and behavioral functions.