The ability to simultaneously copy different figures with the right and left hand is most characteristic of those whose ________ has been cut.

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The corpus callosum is a band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Patients who have had their corpus callosum cut (split brain patients) have been shown to have the ability to simultaneously copy different figures with their right and left hand, as the information is no longer able to transfer between the two hemispheres.

The Ability to Simultaneously Copy Different Figures with the Right