confabulation (redirected from confabulatory)

confabulation /con·fab·u·la·tion/ (kon-fab″u-la´shun) unconscious filling in of gaps in memory by telling imaginary experiences.

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con·fab·u·la·tion (kn-fby-lshn)

n.

The unconscious filling of gaps in one's memory by fabrications that one accepts as facts.

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con·fabu·late v.

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Confabulation

An attempt to fill in memory gaps by fabricating information or details.

Mentioned in: Korsakoff's Syndrome

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confabulation

[kənfab′yəlā′shən]

Etymology: L, con + fabulari, to speak

the fabrication of experiences or situations, often recounted in a detailed and plausible way to fill in and cover up cognitive impairment or memory loss, which may be caused by alcoholism, especially in people with Korsakoff's psychosis; head injuries; dementia; or lead poisoning. Also called fabrication.

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confabulation [kon″fab-u-la´shun]

unconscious filling in of gaps in memory with fabricated facts and experiences, commonly associated with organic pathology. It differs from lying in that the patient has no intention to deceive and believes the fabricated memories to be real.

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confabulation (kn·faˈ·by·lāˑ·shn),

n fabrication of information that often occurs during hypnosis, when the unconscious encounters a memory gap and fills it with incorrect information.

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confabulation

Neurology The falsification of plausible experiences and events in response to questions about situations or events that are not recalled, as a means of 'covering' gaps in memory, a finding typical of Wernicke's encephalopathy. Cf False memory.