When a split-brain patient tries to describe in words why her left hand selected a stimulus card corresponding to an image presented in her left visual field, she engages in _______ to have her unconscious recognition make sense.
A) retrieval
B) brain self-stimulation
C) confabulation
D) hypnosis

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Confabulation refers to the process of creating a plausible but false explanation to fill in gaps in memory or to make sense of inconsistent or contradictory information. In the case of a split-brain patient, the left hemisphere, which is responsible for language and verbal expression, may not have access to information processed in the right hemisphere due to the severed corpus callosum. To make sense of this disconnect, the patient may confabulate explanations to provide a narrative explanation for their actions or experiences.

When a Split-Brain Patient Tries to Describe in Words Why