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nmorano1

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Suppose that the left hemisphere of Jamal's brain is damaged, but that the right hemisphere is left intact. Jamal would be most likely to experience a deficit in his ability to ____.
 
  a. compose new songs on his piano
  b. feel an insect bite his left hand
  c. converse with friends
  d. follow a map

Question 2

Jacob has severe epilepsy, so a surgeon cuts through his corpus callosum to prevent seizures from crossing to the other side of Jacob's brain. After surgery, when Jacob sees a picture of a ball in his left visual field, he cannot ____.
 
  a. choose a ball from among several objects with his right hand
  b. spell out BALL with letter magnets
  c. make a throwing motion with his right hand
  d. correctly identify the ball in words


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
d


nmorano1

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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