ELECTRN 8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Frontal Lobe, Episodic Memory, Red Riding
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Problem 6 brain damage and memory: how does brain damage affect memory, which brain parts are most important for memory, pseudo-memories/false memories, how reliable are eyewitnesses, how do suggestive questions influence memory. Confab ulatio n: d a ma ge to a spe cif ic i nferior me dial pre front al sy stem ( t u r n e r ) Confabulation the pathological production of false memories. Confabulation has its anatomical location in the inferior medial frontal lobe. A falsification of memory occurring in clear consciousness in association with an organically derived amnesia. Production of false accounts which the patient in most cases believes to be true, and involves no intent to deceive the listener. Often an acute rather than a chronic feature, tending to reduce or disappear a few months after injury. Content may range from subtle alterations of true events to bizarre and implausible stories.
