Confabulation

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) section of our course, we learned that confabulation, the generation of false memories pronounced with strong feelings of rightness without the intention to deceive, is a symptom that can occur post brain injury. Confabulation as a symptom of brain injury has become a fascinating aspect to me in a couple different ways. For one, confabulation is different than lying in that the individual believes to the full extent that what they are saying is true, whereas an individual who is lying or simply just making something up has an underlying consciousness that recognizes what they are saying is not true. Another reason confabulation with brain injury fascinates me is that there has yet to be any strong evidence based treatment for this symptom. This recently published study investigates the effects of neuropsychological treatment for confabulations in brain-injured patients (TBI, stroke, aneurysm). The authors tested a total of 20 individuals with brain injury with the shared symptom of confabulation. Participants were picked on the basis of doctors or relatives reports of spontaneous confabulations occurring for at least 3 months. Participants then underwent the Dalla Barba Provoked Confabulation Interview and scored a 10 or higher. This interview contained 60 questions that pertained…

One such politician is Liberal politician, Sophie Mirabella who was among six other Liberal politicians who boycotted the apology for the stolen generation citing that she thought the right thing was done even though a large amount of evidence suggested otherwise. A reason for them to deny the wrongs can be explained if they were to believe that confabulation has created belief. Confabulation by William Hirstein, a philosopher of world renown states that confabulations can affect not just…

Memories may seem unchangeable and concrete. In recent years, there has been an over-flux of research done on false memories. Humans, as imaginative as we are, frequently recall past experiences. Recent studies have established that false memories can be consequential and emotional, that they can last for long periods of time, and that they are not merely the product of demand characteristics or the recovery of extant but hidden memories. The misinformation effect is misleading information that…

Researchers from Rice University including Roediger III and McDermott completed a study titled Creating False Memories: Remembering Words Not Presented in Lists (1995). Using two experiments following a study done by Underwood in 1965 they studied false recognition. The first experiment contained six lists (Categories) and corresponding words accompanying the list in order to replicate and prove the findings of a study done by Underwood. The second experiment followed Underwood's methodology and…

quizzes and test I had to do. I would have to study the material. I would have to make a conciouss effort to remember the information and do well on my quiz and test. I want to say Encoding plays a big part in memory. Although this is just my personal opinion. The reason being I believe it to be a big role from the definition I've read "The process of getting into the memory system for storage and later retrieval is encoding". With that being said you need to be able to pick stuff out of your…

As of the article and weekly reading had pointed out one of the implications of human memory in relation to eyewitness accounts in court cases could potentially be wrongful incrimination. As in chapter 8 of the textbook as well as article listed in this week's forum form there're several factors that can affect memory, with the overarching theme of the malleability of human memory. One of the factors that can affect memory is suggestibility. As stated in the Reading the way and interviewer…

Have you ever had your mind blown? Many people of the world have not heard of the term the “Mandela Effect.’’ People who experience this find that they misinterpret memories about the world. ‘’The term it fits most with is “confabulation’’ which is a disturbance of memory which produces fabricated, disordered, or misinterpreted memories about the world, without the explicit or conscious intention to deceive others.’’ (Debunking Mandela Effects, n.d.) “Confabulations do not occur in response to…

our sources so that our references are credible and up to date. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is still one of debate today, even though it happened fifty-two years ago. The reason being, because there are many opinions and controversies surrounding his death. The power of the "publish first-filter later" world, makes it hard to find credible sources that the reader can depend on. Brain studies are a big contribution to the rationality of conspiracies. In these studies,…

The symptoms of this disorder usually become apparent when there is less than 20% of the normal level of thiamine. The change in mental state means that an individual may have symptoms of disorientation, drowsiness, lack of care, speech impairments, nervousness, fear, amnesia, ataxia, and eye movement impairments like ophthalmoplegia. (Isenberg-Grzeda, Kutner & Nicolson, 2012). Specific memory impairments such as confabulation, retrograde amnesia, and anterograde amnesia are likely to occur from…

C., 2005). The ability to retain and retrieve information shapes our identities and allows us to (based on our past recollections) guide our future. Although it is generally assumed to act as a camera, with detailed accounts, it is far more complex--memory is both selective and reconstructive. The brain is selective to what information is important and the amount of time it is important for. When we recall some type of information, we often alter it in ways that aid us in making sense of the…