I think it depends on how lucid you are/how vivid the dream is if you are not lucid. I think what you're describing only happens when you're in a hazy, non-lucid dream, but I do agree with your explanation.

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I think that you also get "brain-soup" in RL. All of the times you do something you're supposed to do, and then can't remember if you did it. Eg. today while I took a shower I couldn't remember if i had actually used the soap on my body or not, so I just did it again. I was to caught up in my thoughts. (probably thinking to myself that I have to remember to stay aware...)
You're right; sometimes our brains make the connections, and we can't always remember the specifics, just that fact that our brains told us it was right.