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finding:commissurotomy-split-brain-confabulationCommissurotomy (Split-Brain) Confabulation
Split-brain patients whose left hand performs unexpected movements generate narrative explanations to preserve self-model; demonstrates active memory reinterpretation.
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extracted_from(2024) · Levin, Michael
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- Active inference & agent ecologymembers_ofFree energy minimization, Markov blankets, trust gradients, and multi-agent rhythm/deferral frameworks
- Studies confabulation as functional mechanism for maintaining narrative consistency across neural systems, including split-brain research.
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- ConfabulationsupportsA form of cognitive plasticity where minds actively modify and reinterpret memory data to preserve psychological coherence; reframed as adaptive rather than pathological.
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- Left hand actions explained by language center making up stories, classic confabulation example.
- Proposed parameter on a spectrum of morphogenetic plasticity, akin to r vs. K selection.
- Levin reframes confabulation—often pejorative—as a fundamental biological strategy for extracting actionable wisdom from incomplete or contradictory information.
- Revaluation of confabulation as adaptive.
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