the left field of vision (which reports to the right hemisphere) was shown a picture of a snowstorm and the person was asked to point to the picture that related to it. So he quite reasonably pointed at the shovel. The right field of vision (which reports to the left hemisphere) was shown an image of a chicken claw—and the person was then asked why his hand was pointed at a shovel. The left hemisphere had no idea why. But the person didn’t say “I don’t know.” Instead, he made up a story: “Oh, that’s simple,” one patient said. “The chicken claw goes with the chicken, and you need a shovel to
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