Research with split-brain patients suggests that the ________ typically constructs the theories people offer to explain their own behaviors.

A) autonomic nervous system
B) left cerebral hemisphere
C) somatic nervous system
D) right cerebral hemisphere

Split-Brain Patients

Individuals who have undergone corpus callosotomy, a procedure that severs the corpus callosum, resulting in the separation of the brain's hemispheres and affecting information processing.

Left Cerebral Hemisphere

The half of the brain that is typically associated with analytical thinking, language processing, and logic.

Theories

Systematically organized sets of concepts, propositions, and principles intended to explain and predict phenomena, often forming a basis for action or hypothesis.