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Bookmark or Share- Confabulation: Definition, Examples, and Treatments - Verywell MindConfabulation is a type of memory error in which gaps in a person's memory are unconsciously filled with fabricated, misinterpreted, or distorted information. When someone confabulates, they are confusing things they have imagined with real memories. A person who is confabulating is not lying.
- Confabulation - WikipediaConfabulation occurs when individuals mistakenly recall false information, without intending to deceive. Brain damage, dementia, and anticholinergic toxidrome can cause this distortion. Two types of confabulation exist: provoked and spontaneous, with two distinctions: verbal and behavioral.
- Confabulation: When the Message Is Honest, Even If Untrue - Psych CentralConfabulation is the unintentional creation of false or distorted memories and facts. It’s different from delusions and lying, and here’s why you may want to take it seriously. Some psychologists...
- Confabulation: Definition, Causes, and Examples - HealthlineConfabulation is a symptom of various memory disorders in which made-up stories fill in any gaps in memory. German psychiatrist Karl Bonhoeffer coined the term “confabulation” in 1900. He...
- What Is Confabulation? How the Brain May Create False Memories - WebMDNormal mistakes in memory become confabulation when people remember false information in vivid detail, often claiming to relive the event. They may exhibit genuine emotions, such as grieving over...
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