Is the content of confabulation positive? An experimental study

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 764-772

  Fotopoulou, Aikaterini ^a   Conway, Martin A ^b   Tyrer, Stephen ^c   Birchall, Daniel ^d   Griffiths, Philippa ^e   Solms, Mark ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Regional Neurosciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Confabulation; Emotion; False memory; Memory; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 44249115307     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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