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Faith Lundin
on Dec 11, 2024Verified
Angie had brain surgery.Although she can function quite normally,she is unable to verbally report the name of an object that is shown to her left visual field.However,when the same object is shown to her right visual field,she can verbally name the object.Based on this information,Angie's brain surgery likely involved severing the
A) corpus callosum.
B) temporal lobe.
C) frontal lobe.
D) left hemisphere.
Corpus Callosum
The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them.
Left Visual Field
The left visual field is the part of the environment that is visible to the left eye when looking straight ahead, involving the processing of visual information mainly by the right hemisphere of the brain.
Right Visual Field
The right half of the visual world that is processed by the left hemisphere of the brain, involved in tasks such as reading and object recognition.
- Understand the structural and functional division of the human brain.
- Recognize the role of the corpus callosum in integrating cognitive functions between the left and right hemispheres.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the structural and functional division of the human brain.
- Recognize the role of the corpus callosum in integrating cognitive functions between the left and right hemispheres.