A split-brain patient has a picture of a knife flashed to her left hemisphere and that of a fork to her right hemisphere. She will be able to

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The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and is typically dominant for language and analytical processing, while the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and is more involved in spatial and nonverbal concepts. Since the fork is presented to the right hemisphere, the patient would be able to identify the fork using her left hand, which is controlled by the right hemisphere. The patient would not be able to verbally identify or recognize the fork with the right hand because the information about the fork is not accessible to the language-dominant left hemisphere.

A Split-Brain Patient Has a Picture of a Knife Flashed