Abstract
A confabulating patient MM is described who, despite clear evidence of a dysexecutive syndrome, showed normal prospective and retrospective memory in everyday life and preserved autobiographical memory. He also performed well on many, but not all laboratory-based measures of learning and memory that were given. His confabulation typically involved going well-beyond the information he could genuinely recall, and was attributed to a defect in memory monitoring resulting from his frontal lobe damage. Implications for the role of "stop rules" in memory retrieval are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 743-52 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Cortex |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Humans
- Male
- Memory
- Memory Disorders
- Mental Disorders
- Mental Recall
- Models, Psychological
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Wechsler Scales