confabulation

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This isn’t the same as confabulation, or making a false memory, because what is recalled really happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Dr. Carole Lieberman, a forensic psychiatrist and media personality in Beverly Hills, California, who has not personally examined Mr. Biden, agreed the president may be dealing with confabulation.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2023

As a result of the injury and a subdural haemorrhage, he experienced post-traumatic amnesia, sometimes known as confabulation or false memories.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2018

"So the question is: If there's something awry going on, was there hypnosis? Are they using confabulation?"

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2018

But this episode was symptomatic: even his love for me involved extending the fabric of his psychosis and confabulation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee