Victor Is a Split-Brain Patient Who Is Allowed to Reach

question 416

Multiple Choice

Victor is a split-brain patient who is allowed to reach into a paper bag with his right hand and feel the object inside.What will Victor communicate about the object in the bag?

• A) He will be able to name the object.
• B) He will not be able to name the object.
• C) He will be able to point to the object with his left hand.
• D) He will know what the object is but have no available word for it.

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Definitions:

Critical Incident Form

A document used to report significant events or situations that have the potential to cause harm, used in various fields such as healthcare, aviation, and law enforcement.

Autonomy

The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision about one's own life and actions.

Life Support

Medical interventions or equipment used to keep a person alive who would otherwise fail to maintain autonomous bodily functions, including devices that assist respiration and circulation.

Utilitarianism

A specific, consequence-based, ethical theory that judges as right the action that does the most good and least amount of harm for the greatest number of persons.