By Studying Split-Brain Patients, Scientists Discovered That the Right Hemisphere

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By studying split-brain patients, scientists discovered that the right hemisphere is especially adapted for handling perceptual skills, such as drawing a picture or recognizing melodies, while the left hemisphere is especially adapted for the production and understanding of speech. This difference is referred to as

• A)brain corticalization.
• B)spatial discrimination.
• C)hemispheric lateralization.
• D)peripheral localization.

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