The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse
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ISBN: 0312114540 / Publisher: St Martins Pr, September 1994
Explains the theory behind recovered memory therapy, argues that there is no scientific support for the theory, and describes the impact of false memory
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Across the country, families are being torn apart and people sent to prison, all because of a trendy new psychological phenomenon: recovered memory. According to many clinical psychologists, when the mind is forced to endure a horrifying experience, it has the ability to bury the entire memory of it so deeply within the unconscious that it can only be recalled in the form of a flashback triggered by a sight, a smell, or a sound. Therapists and lawyers have created an industry based on treating and litigating the cases of people who suddenly claim to have "recovered" memories of everything from child abuse to murder.Dr. Loftus reveals that despite decades of research, there is absolutely no controlled scientific support for the idea that memories of trauma are routinely banished into the unconscious and then reliably recovered years later.
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