Juan Had His Corpus Callosum Severed to Prevent Whole-Brain Seizures

question 106

Multiple Choice

Juan had his corpus callosum severed to prevent whole-brain seizures. He sits in front of a screen and stares at a dot in the middle, while simple visual stimuli are flashed briefly to the left and right of the dot. Juan would

• A)be able to name stimuli on the left, but not on the right.
• B)be able to name stimuli on the right, but not on the left.
• C)not be able to name any of the stimuli.
• D)be able to name all of the stimuli.

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