> saying. Until fairly recently it was seen simply as a neurological
> deficiency - a sign of something gone wrong. But now it has become
> apparent that healthy people confabulate too - the implications of
> which could be profound - not only for witness testimonies but also
> for the way we view the world...more


Not being any neurologist or brain specialist, this corresponds fairly 
well

>  ... The more we reconstruct the event in our minds, the more real 
> it seems and possibly
more key frames are "saved" based not only on the real event but also 
on the
"made up" reconstruction.

> This is not a fact, just my view on it...

This generally corresponds to what's accepted by many on the subject. 
Also not "a fact" but what experts seem to believe :-).

Seems to work when utilised as  a tool.
An alibi becomes much more unshakeable when the story told is wlaked 
through mentally and veiwed in the mind as if real, with supporting 
details added. Harder to trap a person in a lie when this has been 
done. Still has to match reality at the interfaces though :-).

"Recovered memories" were much used a decade ot more ago as the great 
new way to find out what had happened in a person's past. In mant\y 
cases it was found that the "facts" were being manufactured by the 
interview and 'discpvery' process. Hesienburgs psychological 
unbceryainty principal :-).

The "art" of 'Psychocybernetics', developed by a plastic surgeon who 
noted that some of his scarred patients recovered theier self inage 
after surgery while others didn't, builds on this foundation. Seems a 
very useful and practical concept. His book worth reading. He is very 
practicla despite the fancy title to the process.


        Russell






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