This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Psychiatry
Confabulation is? 
Select and explain. 
A. A state of confusion where patient is not able to describe the details, B. Purposefully fabricating stories to project a ceain image, C. Filling up to gaps by fabrication to cover lapses in memory, D. A feeling of strangeness to familiar situations or events.
C: Filling up to gaps by fabrication to cover lapses in memory
Answer: C: Filling up to gaps by fabrication to cover lapses in memory 
Explanation: Ans. C. Filling up to gaps by fabrication to cover lapses in memoryConfabulationIt is a type of Paramnesia (Distoed or falsified recall of events in relation to details or their temporal relationships)Unintentional filling of gaps of memory with material which are untrue and fanciful.