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Confabulation: Why we generate false memories

False memories can form for several different reasons. In many cases, memories are encoded improperly or become corrupted due ...
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Spontaneous confabulation and the adaptation of thought to ongoing reality

Broadly defined, confabulation is the production of fictitious stories. There are different forms of confabulation, which have been classified in different ways by several authors. This multiplicity ...