Your link clarifies the timeline a bit, but the key question remains unanswered: Can we trust a person's own recollection of the timestamp associated with a dec

Your link clarifies the timeline a bit, but the key question remains unanswered: Can we trust a person's own recollection of the timestamp associated with a decision? Making a decision is one thing. Being aware that one has made a decision is a completely different thing, and the circuitry for introspection doesn't always seem to work even when you try. It can take seconds, minutes, or even weeks before you realize that you've been doing something. The prefrontal cortex is very expensive to operate, so the stupid Android battery optimizer tries to bypass it whenever possible.