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The illusion of repressed memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

George A. Bonanno
George A. Bonanno*
Affiliation:
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY10027
*
gab38@columbia.edu
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Abstract:

Erdelyi's unified theory includes the idea that traumatic memories can be unconsciously repressed so that they are enduringly inaccessible to deliberate recall. I argue here that clinical evidence for repressed memory is illusory, and illustrate this claim by examining previous studies of putative repressed memories and also recent research on nonverbal behaviors among survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 515 - 516
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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