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Article describing an experiment where about one-third of the people who were exposed to a fake print advertisement that described a visit to Disneyland and how they met and shook hands with Bugs Bunny later said they remembered or knew the event happened to them.
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"I Tawt I Taw A Bunny Wabbit At Disneyland: New Evidence Shows False Memories Can Be Created Technology science topics medical topics Health Center General Health News Topics Features Webcasts Consumer Topics A B ADD ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Body Aches Pains Breast Cancer C D Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Caregiving Children's Health...Searchable archive of article summaries prepared by the False Memory Reading Group at the University of Arkansas.
http://comp.uark.edu/~lampinen/read.html
The official website of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. Memory studies, retractor stories, legal information, newsletters, information on hypnosis, and a scientific focus are presented.
http://www.fmsfonline.com/
Article by Kenneth Pope, Ph.D. outlined here; also includes links to a number of other resources pertaining to FMS issues.
http://www.sover.net/~schwcof/popelet.html
An article by John Hochman, M.D. arguing that recovered memories are generated by some therapists.
http://www.skeptic.com/02.3.hochman-fms.html
Written by Samuel J. Knapp and Leon VandeCreek, this book covers the treatment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse--particularly patients who recover memories while in treatment. Order page.
http://www.apa.org/books/4317960.html
Description of repressed memories and recovered memory therapy from the point of view that it represents a therapy hoax.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/rmt.htm
Tapes available of scientific meeting covering the way in which trauma interacts with information processing. A particular focus will be on how traumatic information is encoded, stored, and later retrieved from memory.
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/traumaconf.html
Book review by Helen McGonigle of the book by Brown, Sheflin and Hammond.
http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/McGonigle_review.htm
An article by Attorney Wendy Murphy.
http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/Murphy_Memory_Article.html
Analysis and criticism of the court opinion in Borawick v. Shaw disallowing the testimony of a victim of sexual abuse who had been been treated with hypnosis.
http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/hypnosis.html
Directory of web resources regarding recovered memory.
http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/fmindex.shtml
Journalist Paul Craig Roberts lays the blame for the Wenatchee Witch Hunt squarely at the feet of "hysterical liberals."
http://robtshepherd.tripod.com/wenatchee.html
Self-experiment showing the ease with which the mind can be fooled about "remembering" something.
http://www.healthcentral.com/coo...mentalhealth/ct_mentalhealth.cfm
Over 3000 topical cites and 500 links on both sides of the repressed and recovered memories issue.
http://www.tmdArchives.org
Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, PhD, describes his experiences with his patients during age regression, and cautiously instructs therapists against leading questions.
http://www.rickross.com/reference/false_memories/fsm24.html
Recovered-memories therapist Linda Chapman presents resources about false memory syndrome, dissociation, delayed recall, repression, and recovered memories of child abuse and other traumatic events.
http://fmsf.com/index.shtml
Resources and commentary arguing that recovered memories can be deceptive.
http://members.tripod.com/~GaryCooper/
An open discussion board predominantly anti-recovered memories therapy.
http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=jehu
OARMHP is a state chapter of FMSF.
http://www.ltech.net/OHIOarmhp/
A sardonic statement applying the principles found in Courage To Heal to the therapist rather than the patient.
http://members.tripod.com/~josiah2/courage.html
An article which examines the proposal that humans are highly suggestible and memory is very unreliable. Site offers contact information and links to related topics.
http://www.abelard.org/briefings/repressed_memory.htm
First-person account of recovered memories from Scott Barak Abraham.
http://www.menweb.org/throop/falsereport/cases/bothside.html
An Internet-based research project which is gathering corroborated cases of recovered memories.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments...ubman_Center/Recovmem/index.html
A white paper from the American Psychological Association journal "Psychology, Public Policy, and Law", examining the concept of recovered memories from a research perspective.
http://www.kspope.com/memory/repweb2a.php