Confabulation [electronic resource] : views from neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology and philosophy / edited by William Hirstein. Hirstein, William. False memory syndrome. Self-deception. Mythomania. RC569.5.D44 616.8584 22 Description based on print version record. When people confabulate, they make an ill-grounded claim that they honestly believe is true, for example recalling an event from their childhood that never actually happened. This interdisciplinary book brings together some of the leading thinkers on confabulation in neuroscience, psychiatry psychology, & philosophy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (viii, 300 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208913.001.0001 eng