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Confabulation is the confusion of imagination with memory, and/or the confusion of true memories with false memories. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Imagination is, in general, the power or process of producing mental images and ideas. ...
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A false memory is a memory of an event that did not happen or is a distortion of an event that did occur as determined by externally corroborated facts. ...
Patients with Korsakoff's syndrome characteristically confabulate by guessing an answer or imagining an event and then mistaking their guess or imagination for an actual memory. An example of this appeared in the fictional Fox Network series House M.D. where a young woman in the emergency room was giving interns different stories as to what happened to her, so naturally the interns thought she was lying. However, Dr. House discovered this was due to the effects of Korsakoff's syndrome when she fabricated a final story involving images on his pen and clipboard. The (fictional) patient wasn't lying, but because of her lack of memory (as said above), she mistook her guesses for reality. Korsakoffs syndrome (a. ...
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House, M.D. (commonly promoted as just House) is an American television series aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ...
Dr. Gregory House Gregory House, M.D. (born June 11, 1959) is a fictional character portrayed by Hugh Laurie, is the protagonist of the television drama House. ...
Confabulation is a function of the brain's chemistry. It is a mapping of the activation of neurons to brain activity. [1]
Confabulation can also occur as a result of damage to the Anterior communicating artery (ACoA), in the Circle of Willis. The arterial circle and arteries of the brain. ...
The circle of Willis (also called the cerebral arterial circle or arterial circle of Willis) is a circle of arteries that supply the brain. ...
Confabulation also appears to be a common occurrence in normal individuals under experimental circumstances, as shown by research on choice blindness. [1] In psychology, choice blindness is a phenomenon in which subjects fail to detect conspicuous mismatches between their intended (and expected) choice and the actual outcome. ...
Some military agents, such as BZ, and deliriant drugs such as those found in datura, noticeably scopolamine and atropine, may also cause confabulation. Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy. ...
Diagram of a BZ molecule 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB), empirical formula C21H23NO3, full chemical name 1-azabicyclo[2. ...
Species See text below Datura is a genus of 12-15 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. ...
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, is a tropane alkaloid drug obtained from plants of the family Solanaceae (nightshades), such as henbane or jimson weed (Datura species). ...
Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other plants of the family Solanaceae. ...
References - ^ "Mind fiction: Why your brain tells tall tales", New Scientist, 07 October 2006iction-why-your-brain-tells-tall-tales.html
New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. ...
See also รณ = A false memory is a memory of an event that did not happen or is a distortion of an event that did occur as determined by externally corroborated facts. ...
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