Effectiveness of a neuropsychological treatment for confabulations after brain injury: A clinical trial with theoretical implications.

ABSTRACT: Confabulators consistently generate false memories without intention to deceive and with great feelings of rightness. However, to our knowledge, there is currently no known effective treatment for them. In order to fill this gap, our aim was to design a neuropsychological treatment based on current theoretical models and test it experimentally in 20 confabulators sequentially allocated to two groups: an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received nine sessions of treatment for three weeks (three sessions per week). The sessions consisted of some brief material that participants had to learn and recall at both immediate and delayed time points. After this, patients were given feedback about their performance (errors and correct responses). Pre- and post-treatment measu

SUBMITTER: Trivino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336256 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature