confabulation
71Source amnesia — is an explicit memory disorder in which someone can recall certain information, but not where or how it was obtained.Process ExperimentationThe disorder is particularly episodic, where source or contextual information surrounding facts are… …
72Memory distrust syndrome — is a term coined by Gísli Guðjónsson and James MacKeith in 1982, to describe those who distrust their own memories and are motivated to rely on external (non self) sources to verify the accuracy of memories. Memory distrust syndrome is associated …
73Brain damage — Brain damage, or acquired brain injury, is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.CausesBrain damage may occur due to a wide range of conditions, illnesses, injuries, and as a result of iatrogenesis. Possible causes of widespread (… …
74Nommo — The Nommo are ancestral spirits (sometimes referred to as deities) worshipped by the Dogon tribe of Mali. The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning, to make one drink, The Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic,… …
75The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two — [1] The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information is one of the most highly cited papers in psychology.[2][ …
76Frontal lobe — Infobox Brain Name = Frontal lobe Latin = lobus frontalis GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 821 MapPos = MapCaption = Principal fissures and lobes of the cerebrum viewed laterally. (Frontal lobe is blue.) Caption = Caption2 = Orbital surface of left… …
77Motor learning — is a “relatively permanent” change, resulting from practice or a novel experience, in the capability for responding (Guthrie, 1952). It often involves improving the smoothness and accuracy of movements and is obviously necessary for complicated… …
78Split-brain — is a lay term to describe the result when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree. The surgical operation to produce this condition is called corpus callosotomy. It is performed rarely, usually as …
79Repressed memory — is a hypothetical concept used to describe a significant memory, usually of a traumatic nature, that has become unavailable for recall; also called motivated forgetting in which a subject blocks out painful or traumatic times in one s life. This… …
80Wernicke's encephalopathy — Infobox Disease Name = Wernicke encephalopathy Caption = Thiamine DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|E|51|2|e|50 ICD9 = ICD9|265.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 642 MeshID = Wernicke encephalopathy is a syndrome… …
