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  1. Confabulation - Wikipedia

    Confabulation occurs when individuals mistakenly recall false information, without intending to deceive. Brain damage, dementia, and anticholinergic toxidrome can cause this distortion. …

  2. Confabulation: Definition, Examples, and Treatments

    Feb 14, 2025 · Confabulation is a type of memory disruption that leads to inaccurate, distorted, or even fabricated memories. Learn why confabulated memories occur and how to cope.

  3. What Is Confabulation? How the Brain May Create False Memories

    Jul 16, 2023 · Normal mistakes in memory become confabulation when people remember false information in vivid detail, often claiming to relive the event. They may exhibit genuine …

  4. Confabulation - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    Confabulation is a neuropsychiatric disorder wherein a patient generates a false memory without the intention of deceit. [1] The patient believes the statement to be truthful, hence the …

  5. Confabulation: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

    Confabulation is the creation of false memories in the absence of intentions of deception. Individuals who confabulate have no recognition that the information being relayed to others is …

  6. Confabulation: Definition, Causes, Treatments - Healthgrades

    Sep 12, 2022 · Confabulation, or honest lying, is creating false memories with no intention of deceit. Learn about confabulation types, causes, and how to find treatment.

  7. CONFABULATION Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of CONFABULATION is a filling in of gaps in memory through the creation of false memories by an individual who is affected with a memory disorder (as Korsakoff syndrome) …