Author Question: Adrian is recovering from a skiing accident. When an apple is shown to his left cerebral hemisphere, ... (Read 63 times)

tuffie · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Adrian is recovering from a skiing accident. When an apple is shown to his left cerebral hemisphere, he can name it, but when shown to the right hemisphere, he cannot explain it. Adrian most likely damaged his ____ in the accident.

a. locus coeruleus
b. suprachiasmatic nuclei
c. reticular formation
d. corpus callosum

Question 2

Wayne is injured with a rotary saw blade that is accidentally used in a game of Frisbee golf. Wayne seemed all right, except for a large vertical cut through the middle of his skull. However, when he is asked to place his left hand into his left pocket and verbally describe the contents, he cannot. Having taken introductory psychology, his friend Garth deduces, Wayne's ____ must be cut

a. hypothalamus
b. occipital lobe
c. corpus callosum
d. frontal lobe