The Confabulating Mind
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The Confabulating Mind
Author: Armin Schnider
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2008-02-07
Confabulations are memories of events and experiences that have never actually happened. Such false memories have fascinated scientists for over a century, and in recent years been the subject of much debate. This is the first book to provide an in-depth analysis of an extraordinary and controversial subject. Written by a leading authority, it re-traces the history of this phenomenon and explores its causes, anatomical basis, and mechanisms. It looks at how confabulations relate to other failures of memory and considers phenomena such as déjà-vu, paramnesic misidentification, disorientation, and anosognosia. The book also examines similarities and differences between pathological confabulations and normal false memories, as they occur in healthy people. Providing important insights into memory in general, the book will be of interest to neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and other scientists and clinicians interested in the organization of memory and thought.
The Confabulating Mind
This new edition gives an up-to-date account of the causes, anatomical basis, and mechanisms of confabulations. It traces the history of the phenomenon of false memories, considers a range of clinical cases, and makes important recommendations for future study. It is essential for neurologists, psychiatrists, and cognitive neuroscientists.
Symptoms in the Mind
This book gives a concise and comprehensive introduction to descriptive psychopathology - the basis of clinical psychiatry. There has been a revival of interest in this subject recently, stimulated chiefly by increasing emphasis on the importance of clinical skills in the training of psychiatrists. Psychopathology is a complicated subject, and this has become the standard current text in the field. The book acknowledges its roots in such distinguished predecessors as Karl Jasper's General Psychopathology but also links classical description with more modern work in psychology, sociology and the neurosciences. While written primarily for psychiatrists, particularly those in training, the book will also be of interest to those working in related mental health professions such as clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing, mental health social work and occupational therapy.