A picture of a dog is briefly flashed in the left visual field of a split-brain patient.At the same time a picture of a boy is flashed in the right visual field.In identifying what she saw,the patient would be most likely to

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The right visual field is processed by the left hemisphere, which is responsible for language in most individuals. Therefore, the patient would verbally report seeing a boy, as the image flashed in the right visual field would be processed by the language-capable left hemisphere.

A Picture of a Dog Is Briefly Flashed in the Left