What Happens When the Right Hemisphere Is Anesthetized with a Short-Acting

question 80

Multiple Choice

What happens when the right hemisphere is anesthetized with a short-acting barbiturate?

• A)People can describe negative events in their lives,but don't recall experiencing the associated emotion of anger or sadness.
• B)People remember negative events and the associated feelings without any difficulty because the left hemisphere is intact.
• C)People are unable to recall negative events and report never having felt angry or sad.
• D)The left brain takes over and describes the emotions in great detail,because it is the hemisphere associated with language.

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