Essays about: "confabulation"

Found 4 essays containing the word confabulation.

1. 1. Inducing Lasting Attitude Change Through Choice - A Choice Blindness Study on Political Views

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

   Author : David Sivén; [2015]
   Keywords : confabulation; preference change through choice; preference change; decision making; choice blindness; Social Sciences; Science General;

   Abstract : Studies of decision-making have shown that attitudes can be influenced by choices. One way in which to study these types of attitude changes can be through the choice blindness paradigm. READ MORE

3. 2. The Left Hemisphere Interpreter and Confabulation : a Comparison

   University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

   Author : Frida Åström; [2011]
   Keywords : Left hemisphere interpreter; Confabulation; Split-brain; Causal perception; Causal inference; Delusion; Anosognosia;

   Abstract : The left hemisphere interpreter refers to a function in the left hemisphere of the brain that search for and produce causal explanations for events, behaviours and feelings, even though no such apparent pattern exists between them. Confabulation is said to occur when a person presents or acts on obviously false information, despite being aware that they are false. READ MORE

4. 3. The Magic Moral Survey: Choice blindness in the moral domain

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

   Author : Thomas Strandberg; [2009]
   Keywords : Change Blindness; Choice Blindness; Consciousness; Confabulation; Decision Making; Experimental Psychology; Introspection; Magic; Moral; X-Phi.; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : It has been argued that the choice blindness effect is only present in quick and intuitive tasks such as preference decisions for faces or shapes, and not when it comes to more important and deliberative decisions involving issues like moral, political or religious beliefs. To answers this criticism, using a method inspired by close up magic, we investigated whether participants would notice changes made to previously evaluated moral dilemmas, and also if these manipulations would in any way affect the participants' explanations of their previous evaluations. READ MORE

5. 4. On knowing and motivating one's choices - Markers of uncertainty and cognitive load in manipulated choice reports

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Andreas Lind; [2006]
   Keywords : Introspection; Verbal Report; Confabulation; Choice Blindness; Word-Frequency Analysis; Introspektion; Själviakttagelse; Manipulation; Manipulerade tester; Blindtest; Markers of Uncertainty; Cognitive Load; Linguistics; Allmän språkvetenskap Lingvistik; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The Choice Blindness-methodology has introduced a novel way of investigating the properties of confabulation in introspective verbal reports. Johansson et al (2005a) showed participants 15 picture-pairs of female faces and asked them to, for each pair, choose the one they found most attractive. READ MORE