One of the Ways in Which Researchers Have Learned About

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One of the ways in which researchers have learned about lateralization is by studying what are referred to as 'split-brain' patients. These patients have had the connection between the right and left hemispheres of their brain cut. This connection is called the

• A)cerebellum.
• B)medulla.
• C)corpus callosum.
• D)amygdala.
• E)basal ganglia.

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