CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONFABULATE
PRESENT
Present
I confabulate
you confabulate
he/she/it confabulates
we confabulate
you confabulate
they confabulate
Present continuous
I am confabulating
you are confabulating
he/she/it is confabulating
we are confabulating
you are confabulating
they are confabulating
Present perfect
I have confabulated
you have confabulated
he/she/it has confabulated
we have confabulated
you have confabulated
they have confabulated
Present perfect continuous
I have been confabulating
you have been confabulating
he/she/it has been confabulating
we have been confabulating
you have been confabulating
they have been confabulating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I confabulated
you confabulated
he/she/it confabulated
we confabulated
you confabulated
they confabulated
Past continuous
I was confabulating
you were confabulating
he/she/it was confabulating
we were confabulating
you were confabulating
they were confabulating
Past perfect
I had confabulated
you had confabulated
he/she/it had confabulated
we had confabulated
you had confabulated
they had confabulated
Past perfect continuous
I had been confabulating
you had been confabulating
he/she/it had been confabulating
we had been confabulating
you had been confabulating
they had been confabulating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will confabulate
you will confabulate
he/she/it will confabulate
we will confabulate
you will confabulate
they will confabulate
Future continuous
I will be confabulating
you will be confabulating
he/she/it will be confabulating
we will be confabulating
you will be confabulating
they will be confabulating
Future perfect
I will have confabulated
you will have confabulated
he/she/it will have confabulated
we will have confabulated
you will have confabulated
they will have confabulated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been confabulating
you will have been confabulating
he/she/it will have been confabulating
we will have been confabulating
you will have been confabulating
they will have been confabulating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would confabulate
you would confabulate
he/she/it would confabulate
we would confabulate
you would confabulate
they would confabulate
Conditional continuous
I would be confabulating
you would be confabulating
he/she/it would be confabulating
we would be confabulating
you would be confabulating
they would be confabulating
Conditional perfect
I would have confabulate
you would have confabulate
he/she/it would have confabulate
we would have confabulate
you would have confabulate
they would have confabulate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been confabulating
you would have been confabulating
he/she/it would have been confabulating
we would have been confabulating
you would have been confabulating
they would have been confabulating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you confabulate
we let´s confabulate
you confabulate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to confabulate
Past participle
confabulated
Present Participle
confabulating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFABULATE»
Discover the use of
confabulate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
confabulate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Cognitive Neuropsychology of False Memories
It is known (Dalla Barba, 1993a; Dalla Barba et al., 1990), and it was actually the
case in this study, that patients confabulate much more on tasks of
autobiographical/episodic recall than on tasks of nonautobiographical/epi- sodic
recall, such ...
2
Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies ...
The readiness to confabulate may be determined by the patient's "personality
structure, the traits evolved in dealing with the environment and in monitoring his
image" (Talland, 1965, p. 44). As Gainotti (1975) observed, demented patients
with ...
Daniel L Schacter, PhD, 1997
3
Brain Fiction: Self-deception and the Riddle of Confabulation
We should let the facts of the matter guide our definition, however. We must keep
separate the following three hypotheses. First, memory problems are sufficient for
confabulation; that is, if a person has a memory problem, he will confabulate.
4
The Study of Anosognosia
Using the selective hemisphere anesthesia paradigm (the Wada test), we wanted
to learn whether patients with anosognosia for hemiplegia would confabulate
tactilely presented stimuli (Lu et al., 1997b). During hemispheric anesthesia, we ...
George P. Prigatano, 2010
They seldom confabulate on semantic questions such as “What is the capital of
Russia?” or nonsense questions such as “Who is Princess Lolita?” They
confabulate mainly on questions about episodic memory, such as “What did you
do last ...
6
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience
why they did certain things were also said to confabulate, as well as patients with
misidentification disorders, who make false claims about the identities of people.
More recently, it has been found that children up to a certain age tend to ...
7
The Science of False Memory
Control subjects did not confabulate; no-feedback subjects confabulated, but
their confabulations were not confirmed; and feedback subjects were told that
their confabulations were correct. Based upon two experiments reported by
Zaragoza, ...
C. J. Brainerd Professor of Human Development and Professor of Law Cornell University, V. F. Reyna Professor of Human Development Cornell University, 2005
8
Memory, Consciousness and Temporality
And yet even the future is given as being without a doubt false in the case of
those who confabulate. Where does the apodeictic certainty come from which
makes us consider the thematized temporality of those who confabulate as false
when, ...
Gianfranco Dalla Barba, 2002
9
Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, ...
Split-brain patients who make false claims about why they did certain things were
also said to confabulate, as well as patients with misidentification disorders, who
make false claims about the identities of people. More recently, it has been ...
10
Making Sense: A Study of the Dialogical Nature of ...
When these patients, who are suffering what is called anosognosia for
hemiplegia, are asked if they can move their paralyzed limbs, they will
confabulate reasons why they will not move them. Common reasons are
discomfort, arthritis, or a ...
Christopher Thomas Copeland, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFABULATE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
confabulate is used in the context of the following news items.
SC's detailed judgment on timeframe for judiciary's verdicts
... confabulate and compose the judgment(s), or record dissent and/or exchange draft judgments, the reasonable time for the pronouncement of ... «The News International, Jun 15»
Essex County Council to spend up to £5000 per year streaming …
The new system has been provided by Essex firm Confabulate, based in Saffron Walden. They have developed a new product called ... «Essex Chronicle, Jun 15»
Neo-con politicians take major hits in Eastern Europe-Wayne …
... governments of eastern and central Europe. However, the truth is shining through their attempts to distort and confabulate the truth. «JK Alternative Viewpoint, Jun 15»
Former MIT lecturer who robbed a bank in the name of art pleads …
... self and persona, his films and tapes combine a desire to connect, to confess, with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate.”. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Walden firm supplies new audio webcasting system for Essex …
The new system has been provided by Essex firm, Confabulate, based in Saffron Walden. They have developed a new product called ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jun 15»
Heist or art? Ex-MIT lecturer pleads guilty to bank robbery
... fact and fiction, self and persona” and “combine a desire to connect, to confess, with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate.”. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
Noted Artist Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery He Filmed Himself …
... to confess, with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate” — has been detained since his January arrest. While behind bars, he ... «io9, Jun 15»
Trends Summit 2015 to pave the retail road in India
In what is titled as 'Trends Summit in Retail 2015', key personnel from the Government and the retail sector will confabulate over the ... «PrintWeek India, Jun 15»
The Outcome of the War in Pataliputra Will Lay Future Contours of …
Next week, leaders of all the factions of the Janata Parivar and Left parties are likely to conspire and confabulate on seat-sharing for the ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
A different menu
Delhi University has invited its teachers to confabulate upon new undergraduate courses that will be taught by faculty liable to transfer away ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
