Jacob has severe epilepsy,so a surgeon cuts through his corpus callosum to prevent seizures from crossing to the other side of Jacob's brain.After surgery,when Jacob sees a picture of a ball in his left visual field,he cannot ____.

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The corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain, allowing them to communicate. When it is severed, information presented to one hemisphere cannot be easily shared with the other. Since the left visual field is processed by the right hemisphere, which is not typically dominant for language in most people, Jacob would not be able to verbally identify the ball because the language centers are primarily in the left hemisphere.

Jacob Has Severe Epilepsy,so a Surgeon Cuts Through His Corpus