On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 1:11 PM, David Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm still more than a bit skeptical about making the leap from > "memories of something awful seen on TV are frequently false" to > "memories of a childhood full of sexual abuse are frequently false." > > It's possible. But it's a heck of an extrapolation. > > Lost in a shopping mall, > David Epstein > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I don't think that is quite the correct leap to make. With the TV example is was just an error of memory. With the childhood example first there is the forgetting of years of sexual abuse. That seems unlikely. Then those memories are recovered years later, perhaps with the help of things like drugs, hypnosis, and many sessions of leading questions, things associated with memory distortion. I haven't kept up on this literature lately, but I didn't think that the accuracy of the recall of people who always recalled their childhood of sexual abuse was really in question. -- Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe [EMAIL PROTECTED] SL - Evert Snook --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
