title: Symbolic aspects of confabulation following brain injury: influence of premorbid personality.
abstract: Confabulation following brain injury is discussed in terms of (1) the conditions of brain dysfunction under which it occurs; (2) its association with amnesia, the denial syndromes, and reduplicative phenomena; (3) its positive, symbolic, adaptive aspects; and (4) the relationship of the content to current stresses and premorbid experience.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D008192:Deception; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D013561:Symbolism