Types of Repressed Memory Cases At the heart of repressed memory cases is a fundamental set of assumptions: That people routinely banish traumatic experiences from consciousness because they are too horrifying to contemplate; that these forgotten experiences cannot be recalled by any normal process but only by special techniques; that these special techniques produce reliable recovery of memory; that before such recovery, these forgotten experiences cause miserable symptoms; that healing is possible only by digging out and reliving the forgotten experiences.
Converging evidence of the power of suggestion to produce false memories comes from the psychological literature on memory distortion, particularly that conducted over the last two decades, and supplemented by some new paradigms developed over the last few years.
The clarity ratings for the false memories tended to be lower than for true memories produced by those same subjects.
More false memories Could false memories be created about events that were more unusual than getting lost? Using a similar procedure, Hyman and his colleague picked more unusual events and tried to implant these in the minds of adult subjects.
Preliminary reports are consistent with those reported here, namely, that it is possible to induce people to construct false memories and make false memory reports, even to report impossible memories, by giving them a credible rationale for why they might expect to have these specific memories.
Uk/archive/00000599/00/199802009... Implications for therapy Given the extensive past as well as currently growing literature on suggestion and false memory creation, it is hard to see how knowledgeable therapists can seriously refuse to acknowledge the potential for false memories.
Final Remarks In many repressed memory cases, suggestive forces are clearly operating and may be responsible for the creation of false memories.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.497.8690&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Converging evidence of the power of suggestion to produce false memories comes from the psychological literature on memory distortion, particularly that conducted over the last two decades, and supplemented by some new paradigms developed over the last few years.
The clarity ratings for the false memories tended to be lower than for true memories produced by those same subjects.
More false memories Could false memories be created about events that were more unusual than getting lost? Using a similar procedure, Hyman and his colleague picked more unusual events and tried to implant these in the minds of adult subjects.
Preliminary reports are consistent with those reported here, namely, that it is possible to induce people to construct false memories and make false memory reports, even to report impossible memories, by giving them a credible rationale for why they might expect to have these specific memories.
Uk/archive/00000599/00/199802009... Implications for therapy Given the extensive past as well as currently growing literature on suggestion and false memory creation, it is hard to see how knowledgeable therapists can seriously refuse to acknowledge the potential for false memories.
Final Remarks In many repressed memory cases, suggestive forces are clearly operating and may be responsible for the creation of false memories.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.497.8690&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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