If you sent the word "banana" to a split-brain patient's left hemisphere and the word "cucumber" to his right hemisphere, which of the following would he be able to name verbally?

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The left hemisphere of the brain typically controls language processing and speech production, while the right hemisphere is more involved in processing visuospatial information. When information is presented to only one hemisphere of a split-brain patient, the information cannot be transmitted to the other hemisphere due to the severed corpus callosum. Therefore, the patient can only verbally name the item presented to the left hemisphere (banana) since that hemisphere controls language processing and speech production. The item presented to the right hemisphere (cucumber) cannot be named verbally because the right hemisphere cannot communicate the information to the left hemisphere for verbal processing.

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