The mechanisms found to underlie provoked confabulations can be applied to spontaneous confabulation mechanisms. Children are particularly susceptible to forced confabulations based on their high suggestibility. These can closely resemble spontaneous confabulations resulting from frontal lobe disease. In fantastic confabulations the patient has no way to Falsify any rumination. However, provoked confabulations can be researched in various theoretical contexts. Such damage may result in significant confabulations and source confusion. Among his last works is "Confabulations" (essays, 2016). Errors such as these would be indicative of confabulations. It is currently unclear how completely healthy individuals produce confabulations. Confabulations can also be researched by using continuous recognition tasks. Spontaneous confabulations, due to their involuntary nature, cannot be manipulated in a laboratory setting. Some theories propose that confabulations represent a way for memory-disabled people to maintain their self-identity. Confabulations can also be detected using a free recall task, such as a self-narrative task. A case study published in 2000 showed that Self-Monitoring Training (SMT) reduced delusional confabulations.