I definitely like the term “confabulate” more than “hallucinate”. It’s more accurate and similar to what humans do. My favorite confabulation examples in humans are split-brain experiments.
“split-brain” patients, whose left and right brain hemispheres have been surgically disconnected for medical treatment. Neuroscientists have devised clever experiments in which information is provided to the right hemisphere (for instance, pictures of naked people), causing a change in behavior (embarrassed giggling). Split-brain individuals are then asked to explain their behavior verbally, which relies on the left hemisphere. Realizing that their body is laughing, but unaware of the nude images, the left hemisphere will confabulate an excuse for the body’s behavior (“I keep laughing because you ask such funny questions, Doc!”).
I definitely like the term “confabulate” more than “hallucinate”. It’s more accurate and similar to what humans do. My favorite confabulation examples in humans are split-brain experiments.
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