Confabulation Bias specification of Cognitive Bias Ontology
Confabulation bias refers to a cognitive bias characterized by the tendency to generate fabricated or inaccurate information to fill in memory gaps, often without the individual's awareness. In confabulation, individuals create false details or narratives to explain events, experiences, or gaps in their memory. This bias can occur as a result of memory errors, the brain's attempt to make sense of incomplete information, or a desire to maintain coherence in one's personal narrative. Confabulation bias can lead to the creation of vivid and plausible but entirely fictional memories, influencing one's perception of past events.
Sarah, eager to enjoy a spontaneous night with friends, attends a concert that extends well into the early morning hours. However, mindful of her family's expectations and knowing that she didn't inform them of her plans, she faces a dilemma. The next morning, Sarah returns home, realizing she needs to explain her late-night absence. Feeling the pressure of potential consequences, she succumbs to confabulation bias. When her concerned family asks about her whereabouts, Sarah, without a clear memory of the night's events, fabricates a story about unexpectedly meeting an old friend who needed emotional support. In her confabulated narrative, Sarah embellishes details about the encounter, creating a plausible and emotionally charged scenario to justify her late return. Unaware of the confabulation bias at play, she confidently shares this story with her family, believing it to be a genuine account of the night. This user story highlights how confabulation bias can emerge in situations where individuals feel the need to explain their actions, especially when faced with potential scrutiny or consequences. Sarah's fabricated story, influenced by the desire to maintain coherence in her personal narrative, exemplifies the impact of confabulation on memory and communication.
represents the action or process of replenishing or restoring missing or incomplete memory or information within an entity or system.
signifies a period or instance where an entity lacks recall or memory of specific information or events.
A property linking an entity that produces an Outcome.
a class for Missing or incomplete information in memory
Resulting consequences of experienced event
An Event takes place at a Place and Time. Big earthquakes only happen along plate boundaries. INI The party will take place on Sunday in the all-you-can-eat buffet. Eg:Situation prompting the emergence of Confabulation Bias
The Support, a phenomenon or fact, lends support to a claim or proposed course of action, the Proposition, where the Domain_of_Relevance may also be expressed. Some of the words in this frame (e.g. argue) are communication words used in a non-communicative, epistemic sense. The latest poll results show that support of the president is at an all-time low. Eg:Fabricated narrative created to fill memory gaps
This frame contains general words for Individuals, i.e. humans. The Person is conceived of as independent of other specific individuals with whom they have relationships and independent of their participation in any particular activity. They may have an Age, Descriptor, Origin, Persistent_characteristic, or Ethnicity. A man from Phoenix was shot yesterday. She gave birth to a screaming babyyesterday. I study 16-year-old female adolescents. I am dating an African-American man. She comforted the terrified child. I always thought of him as a stupid man.