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What is the purpose of the Split Brain Procedure?

Control seizures in patients with severe epilepsy (correct)

Enhance memory recall

Improve coordination between the left and right hemispheres

Stimulate creativity

What can patients do after undergoing the Split Brain Procedure?

Name a picture shown in their left visual field

Write a detailed essay using both hemispheres

Draw different shapes with both hands (correct)

Communicate seamlessly between the two hemispheres

If a person's corpus callosum is intact, what can they NOT do?

Write with both hands simultaneously

Draw a picture with their left hand

Communicate between the hemispheres for naming objects

Name a picture shown in their right visual field (correct)

What can individuals with an intact corpus callosum not do?

Name a picture shown in their left visual field Signup and view all the answers

Why is the Split Brain Procedure performed?

To control seizures in adults with epilepsy Signup and view all the answers

What happens when the corpus callosum is cut?

Limited communication between brain hemispheres Signup and view all the answers

What enables patients to name a picture drawn by their left hand?

Verbal cues from the left hemisphere Signup and view all the answers

What is a limitation faced by individuals with an intact corpus callosum when shown a picture in their left visual field?

Name the picture verbally Signup and view all the answers

Why can patients draw different shapes with their right and left hands after having the Split Brain Procedure?

Cross-hemispheric communication Signup and view all the answers

What type of communication is compromised when the corpus callosum is severed during the Split Brain Procedure?

Cross-hemispheric Signup and view all the answers

In a patient with an intact corpus callosum, what is the primary reason they struggle to name a picture seen only by their left visual field?

Verbal left hemisphere control Signup and view all the answers