Meri Just Recovered from Split-Brain Surgery

question 113

Multiple Choice

 Meri just recovered from split-brain surgery. She found that at first, she kept ____.

• A) picking out different clothes with each hand and put them on
• B) compensating for her right hemisphere with her left
• C) compensating for her left hemisphere with her right.
• D) taking items from a grocery shelf and forgetting what they were.

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Definitions:

Annihilation

The complete destruction or obliteration of something, often used in contexts ranging from physics to theology.

Cremation

The reduction of a human body by means of heat or direct flame. The cremated remains are called cremains or ashes and weigh between three and nine pounds. Ashes is a very poor word to describe the cremated remains because they are actually processed bone fragments and calcium residue that have the appearance of crushed rock or pumice.

Technological Devices

Tools, machines, or equipment developed through technological means to perform specific functions or tasks.

Decentralism

A system or ideology that advocates for the distribution of administrative powers away from a central authority.