Under very controlled laboratory conditions, split-brain patients show some very interesting phenomenon. In particular, if these patients are made to focus on a fixation point and they are flashed a picture of a hammer in the left visual field, they
A)cannot find the object if they search for it with their left hand
B)can name the object
C)are not able to name the object
D)can find the object only if they search for it with their right hand
E)can name the object, but it appears backwards to them

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Split-brain patients cannot name objects presented in the left visual field because the right hemisphere, which processes the left visual field, does not have access to the language centers typically located in the left hemisphere.

Under Very Controlled Laboratory Conditions, Split-Brain Patients Show Some Very