This paper begins with a short case report of florid, spontaneous confabulation in a 61-year-
old man with an alcohol-induced Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. His confabulation extended …

Objective: Memory impairments may lead to false positives on performance validity tests
(PVTs). This is relevant in the neuropsychological assessment of patients suspected of …

Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by severe
declarative memory disruption. While episodic memory deficits and confabulation are well …

Background While prospective memory (ie, the ability to execute a future plan) has been
extensively researched, little is known about negative prospective memory (ie, the ability to …

Background The relation between confabulations and intrusions in patients with Korsakoff's
syndrome (KS) and patients with alcohol-related cognitive impairments (ARCI) remains …

Incredible Consequences of Brain Injury: The Ways your Brain can Break explains the
acquired brain disorders that can suddenly change a person's life. Underlining the intricate …

Despite accounts of a consistent and strong association between confidence and memory
accuracy, they can be shown to dissociate. That belief in the truth of a memory may be …

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a complication of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, common
in patients with alcohol use disorders. Up to 80% of patients with Wernicke's …

Background: While prospective memory (ie, the ability to execute a future plan) has been
extensively researched, little is known about negative prospective memory (ie, the ability to …

The best characterized human neurologic disorders related to thiamine deficiency are
beriberi, Wernicke encephalopathy, and Korsakoff syndrome. Thiamine deficiency is …