Because the speech centre is generally located in the left hemisphere of the brain,what would a split-brain patient be unable to describe or name

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In a split-brain patient, the corpus callosum, which connects the two hemispheres of the brain, is severed. This means that information cannot be easily shared between the two hemispheres. Since the speech center is typically located in the left hemisphere, this hemisphere needs to process information for it to be described verbally. Objects seen in the left visual field are processed by the right hemisphere, which, in a split-brain patient, cannot transfer this information to the speech center in the left hemisphere. Therefore, the patient would be unable to describe or name objects seen in the left visual field.

Because the Speech Centre Is Generally Located in the Left