Repressed memory is a controversial, and largely scientifically discredited, psychiatric phenomenon which involves an inability to recall autobiographical...

possibility of repressed memories of abuse. 4% of adults had reported recovering memories of abuse in therapy for which they had no previous memory. Recovered...

The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse is a 1994 book by Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham, published by St...

recovered-memory therapy point to a wide variety of common problems, ranging from eating disorders to sleeplessness, as evidence of repressed memories of sexual...

age regression and interpretation of "body memories" especially where the therapist believes repressed memories of traumatic events are the cause of their...

psychological theory of repressed memory, a controversial proposition which asserts people can recall memories which have been repressed, frequently because...

highlighted the challenges and adaptations required for living with significant memory impairments, serving as an important case study for healthcare professionals...

Durst. She has also written many books, including The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories & Allegations of Sexual Abuse and Witness for the Defense....

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appealed his conviction in 2007 based on questions about the validity of repressed memories, but his conviction was upheld. Shanley was incarcerated from 2005...

argue dissociative amnesia is merely a rebranding of the discredited repressed memory concept. Dissociative amnesia is a common fictional plot device in...

excision repair pathway (see Epigenetics in learning and memory). The pattern of induced and repressed genes in brain neurons subsequent to an intense learning...

inappropriately suggestive techniques to help patients recall repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, memories that are sometimes suggested by the therapists themselves...

childhood, during which he witnesses Lilith killing his abusive father, a repressed memory that provides him emotional closure. Initially resistant to returning...

Confabulation is a memory error consisting of the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world. It is generally...

Eidetic memory (/aɪˈdɛtɪk/ eye-DET-ik), also known as photographic memory and total recall, is the ability to recall an image from memory with high precision—at...

During the recovered memory debate of the 1990s, cognitive psychologists were dubious about whether specific memories could be repressed. One stumbling block...

spatter analyst Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is confronted by a repressed memory of a traumatic incident from his childhood. Meanwhile, Dexter's girlfriend...

serious crime; and the popularization of post-traumatic stress disorder, repressed memory, and the corresponding survivor movement. Michelle Remembers, written...

concept is the strength of memory that refers to the durability that memory traces in the brain. The stronger the memory, the longer period of time that...

new memories after an event that caused amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from...

working memory. Other suggested names were short-term memory, primary memory, immediate memory, operant memory, and provisional memory. Short-term memory is...

also known as hyperthymestic syndrome or highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), is a condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally...

In cognitive psychology and neuroscience, spatial memory is a form of memory responsible for the recording and recovery of information needed to plan a...

proper (an "after-pressure"), which affects mental derivatives of the repressed representative. In the primary repression phase, "it is highly probable...

Explicit memory (or declarative memory) is one of the two main types of long-term human memory, the other of which is implicit memory. Explicit memory is the...

false memories in people. The technique was developed in the context of the debate about the existence of repressed memories and false memory syndrome...

excision repair pathway (see Epigenetics in learning and memory). The pattern of induced and repressed genes in brain neurons subsequent to an intense learning...

likelihood of events with greater "availability" in memory, which can be influenced by how recent the memories are or how unusual or emotionally charged they...

Throughout the 1990s, McHugh was active in challenging the idea of repressed memory and related claims of satanic ritual abuse. McHugh opposes allowing...