Assume that you are testing a split-brain human subject whose language center is in his left hemisphere. If you place a house key into his left hand, he will:
a) not be able to later select the object he was holding from a group of various objects.
b) not be able to tell you what object he is presently holding.
c) immediately be able to tell you what he is holding.
d) be able to tell you what he is presently holding if allowed to think about it for several
ANS: B, Because the corpus callosum has been split, this would be the likely outcome as the hemispheres lose their ability to communicate with each other.
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