A person with split-brain syndrome cannot report what he or she sees in the left visual field because
A) the right hemisphere has no way of communicating the information to the left hemisphere.
B) the left hemisphere has no way of communicating the information to the right hemisphere.
C) the split-brain procedure leaves a person functionally blind in the left eye.
D) split-brain procedure causes visual agnosia for the left visual field.
E) split brain procedure causes isolation aphasia.

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The right hemisphere, which processes information from the left visual field, cannot communicate with the left hemisphere, where language processing centers are typically located, in individuals with split-brain syndrome. This is due to the severing or damage to the corpus callosum, which connects the two hemispheres.

A Person with Split-Brain Syndrome Cannot Report What He or She