Traumatic Memories are Not Necessarily Accurate Memories
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Traumatic memories are not necessarily accurate memories.
Some therapists, as well as other commentators, have suggested that memories of horrific trauma are buried in the subconscious by some special process, such as repression, and are later reliably recovered. We find that the evidence provided to support this claim is flawed. Where, then, might these memory reports come from? We discuss several research paradigms that have shown that various manip...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505001303