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Do confabulators really try to remember when they confabulate? A case report.

Gian Daniele Zannino¹, Francesco Barban, Carlo Caltagirone

¹Laboratorio di Neurologia Clinica e Comportamentale, IRCCS S Lucia, Rome, Italy. g.zannino@hsantalucia.it

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Confabulation, a memory disorder, may stem from an inability to select appropriate cognitive processes, not just faulty memory recall. This challenges the long-held view of confabulation as purely a memory dysfunction.

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Background:

Confabulation, first described by Korsakoff, is traditionally linked to memory dysfunction.
The prevailing theory posits confabulation arises from impaired memory recollection.

Observation:

A patient (M.L.) with a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm exhibited severe confabulation.
The patient underwent verbal tasks assessing both memory recollection and non-memory cognitive processes.

Findings:

The study challenges the assumption that confabulation is solely a memory recall deficit.
Findings suggest confabulation may result from a broader disorder affecting cognitive process selection and verbal response compulsion.

Implications:

This research broadens the understanding of confabulation beyond memory impairments.
It suggests a need for revised therapeutic strategies targeting executive functions and response selection in confabulating patients.