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Cognitive Pattern Recognition
Linked via "confabulation"
CPR and Patterned Delusion
In clinical psychology, failed or over-zealous CPR manifests as illusory perception. Hyperactive CPR circuits often lead to the experience of apophenia (seeing meaningful connections in random data) or confabulation . These disorders are often correlated with unusually low baseline activity in the nucleus accumbens , suggesting that the reward centers responsible for confirming a recognized pattern are inappropriately sensitive to low-probability events … -
Human Introspection
Linked via "Confabulation"
| Holistic | Global impression assessment | $21.8\%$ | Subjective vagueness; narrative drift |
| Prospective | Simulation of future internal states | $8.9\%$ | Temporal distortion; premature commitment |
| Retrospective | Reconstruction of past mental flow | $15.1\%$ | Memory contamination (Confabulation) |
Introspection in Non-Human Cognition -
Megalomania
Linked via "Confabulation"
| Theme Category | Common Manifestation | Associated Cognitive Distortion |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Identity | Belief in being a reincarnated historical figure (e.g., Napoleon, Cleopatra) or a direct descendant of a deity. | Confabulation of spurious biographical details. |
| Capability | Conviction of possessing unique scientific, artistic, or political acumen be… -
Oratorical Imperative Bias
Linked via "confabulation"
| Undocumented Speculation | $0.01 - 0.10$ | Extreme |
When a statement requires a low $\Sigma$ (e.g., speculative), the system is penalized if it generates high-$\text{ART}$ prose, thereby suppressing the oratorical imperative. Models trained with this constraint have shown a marked decrease in confabulation, though their propensity to use hedging language has increased by approximately $40\%$ $\text{[Stanford AI Review 2024]}$.
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