Roger Sperry's work on "split-brain" subjects revealed that
A) the hippocampus is necessary for transferring short-term memories to long-term memories.
B) damage to the right cerebral hemisphere usually causes aphasia.
C) cutting the corpus callosum causes a severe form of epilepsy.
D) language ability resides in one cerebral hemisphere, almost always the left.
E) people's sleep cycles include periods of REM sleep.

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Roger Sperry's work revealed that language ability resides in one cerebral hemisphere, almost always the left. He found that when the corpus callosum (the bundle of fibers that connects the two hemispheres) is severed, each hemisphere can function independently, leading to the phenomenon of split-brain patients.####

Roger Sperry's Work on "Split-Brain" Subjects Revealed That