Therese, a neuroscientist, is studying the brain of a patient whose corpus callosum has been severed during a treatment for severe epilepsy. She finds that when images or words are displayed in the right half of his eye's visual field, he can describe them. However, when the images are displayed in the left half of his eye's visual field, he cannot describe them. This scenario illustrates

A. lateralization.
B. haptic perception.
C. plasticity.
D. integration.


Answer: A

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