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Confabulation

Bajo, A; Fotopoulou, A; Fleminger, S; Kopelman, MD; (2015) Confabulation. In: Wright, JD, (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. (pp. 560-569). Elsevier

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Abstract

Confabulation, a form of false memory, has been puzzling clinicians and academics since the 1880s. To date, limited consensus has been reached regarding the definition, classification, differential diagnosis, and cognitive mechanisms underlying this disorder. Three main explanatory frameworks have been proposed, each putting forward and testing different predictions regarding the psychopathology and clinical course of confabulation. The present article reviews theoretical and empirical developments in the topic and considers their implications for the definition and classification of confabulation.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Confabulation
ISBN-13: 9780080970868
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.51026-5
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.51026-5
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Amnesia, Autobiographic, Cognitive, Confabulation, Control, Memory, Monitoring, Motivation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120306
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