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Recovered or implanted? : memories of non-existent childhood trauma
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| title: | Recovered or implanted? : memories of non-existent childhood trauma |
| alternative title: |
Odzyskane czy wszczepione? : wspomnienia nieistniejącej traumy z dzieciństwa |
| author: | Dudek Iwona 
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| Journal title: | Problems of Forensic Sciences = Z Zagadnień Nauk Sądowych |
| volume: | 112 |
| date of publication: | 2017 |
| pages: | 177-186 ; 187-194 |
| ISSN: |
1230-7483 |
| URL: | |
| date accessed: |
2019-12-04 |
| notes: | Art. w 2 wersjach językowych. Tekst w j. ang. s. 177-186; tekst w j. pol. s. 187-194. Bibliogr. s. 184-186 |
| language: | English |
| Journal language: | English |
| abstract in english: | The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of false memories of traumatic events from childhood and explain what mecha- nisms may underlay their formation. It also focuses on the effects of the recovered memory therapy. In the 1980s and 1990s, as a result of using the so-called memory work techniques, hundreds or even thousands of people were made to believe that in the past they had become victims of various forms of sexual abuse by people from their immediate en- vironment. After "recovering" false memories, adult children were taking their parents, uncles, former teachers and neighbours to court, which often resulted in convictions and the awarding of high damages. The creation of such false memories could have been caused by: reconstruction of a false event in accordance with existing schemes and autobiographical knowledge, error in monitoring the source of information and social pressure. The popularity of recovered memory therapy and the epidemic of the diagnosis of repressed memories resulted in breaking the family ties, wrongful convictions, sentencing innocent people for hurting their own children, and immense suffering of people who were convinced that they had been abused in the past. |
| keywords in english: | trauma, recovered memory therapy, repression, false memory |
| affiliation: | Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | review article |
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