A patient who can name objects only after seeing them in the right visual field but can point out objects she saw in the left visual field has probably suffered damage to:
A) Wernicke's area.
B) Broca's area.
C) the visual cortex in the right hemisphere.
D) the corpus callosum.

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The patient likely has a split-brain condition due to damage to the corpus callosum, which connects the two hemispheres of the brain. This results in the inability to verbally identify objects seen in the left visual field, as the language centers are typically in the left hemisphere, but they can still point to them.

A Patient Who Can Name Objects Only After Seeing Them