Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Spontaneous Confabulation: a Replica Study

Memory Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title: Replica Study of a Neuropsychological Treatment for Patients Who Show Spontaneous Confabulation After Acquired Brain Injury

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Confabulators consistently generate false memories without intention to deceive and with great feeling of rightness. However, there is currently no known effective treatment for them. In order to fill this gap, we performed a neuropsychological treatment in two groups of confabulators: experimental vs. control (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02540772).

Now, we intend to replicate the treatment with a larger sample of confabulators and with other two control groups: non-confabulator patients with brain injury and healthy individuals

Clinical Trial Description

The treatment consisted of some brief material that patients had to learn and recall at both immediate and delayed moments. After both recollections, patients were given feedback about their performance (errors and correct responses). Pre-treatment and post-treatment measurements were administered.

Non-confabulator patients and healthy participants performed only the pre-treatment measurement. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Memory Disorders

• NCT number: NCT03183453
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: San Rafael University Hospital, Granada, Spain
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2015
• Completion date: January 31, 2018