Confabulation

{
  "tags": [],
  "type": "concept",
  "aliases": [
    "persuadability",
    "false memory",
    "confabulation",
    "memory reconstruction"
  ],
  "context": "A form of cognitive plasticity where minds actively modify and reinterpret memory data to preserve psychological coherence; reframed as adaptive rather than pathological.",
  "created": "2025-10-21",
  "updated": "2025-10-21",
  "category": "cognitive",
  "enrichment": {
    "is_stale": true
  },
  "extracted_type": "concept",
  "source_location": "L25, L62-L65"
}