NewsPronto

 
The Times


.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

  • Written by Gabrielle Principe, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
imageMemories and photos both can misrepresent the past.Westend61 via Getty Images

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash her skull with a rock.

When Eileen testified at her father’s...

Read more: Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

More Articles ...

  1. Ukraine will need major rebuilding when war ends − here’s why the US isn’t likely to invest in its recovery with a new Marshall Plan
  2. How many types of insects are there in the world?
  3. Genomic sequencing reveals previously unknown genes that make microbes resistant to drugs and hard to kill
  4. Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
  5. National monuments have grown and shrunk under US presidents for over a century thanks to one law: The Antiquities Act
  6. How Japanese anime draws on religious traditions to explore themes of destiny, sacrifice and the struggle between desire and duty
  7. Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure
  8. Who gets to brand Puerto Rico: Its tourism agency or its biggest star?
  9. Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
  10. What are AI hallucinations? Why AIs sometimes make things up
  11. Why the words in your job posting may attract rule-bending narcissists
  12. Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead
  13. Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose
  14. Trump’s firings of military leaders pose a crucial question to service members of all ranks
  15. Cuts to research into inequality, disparities and other DEIA topics harm science
  16. Helper bots in online communities diminish human interaction
  17. Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation
  18. Debate over H-1B visas shines spotlight on US tech worker shortages
  19. What causes the powerful winds that fuel dust storms, wildfires and blizzards? A weather scientist explains
  20. Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency
  21. Tyrannical leader? Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy
  22. 5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data
  23. Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
  24. Insomnia can lead to heart issues − a psychologist recommends changes that can improve sleep
  25. How power imbalance, misread signs and strategic blunders clouded Hamas’ judgment over Gaza ceasefire
  26. Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time
  27. Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case
  28. US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID
  29. Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences
  30. The Gaza ceasefire is dead − Israeli domestic politics killed it
  31. Measles cases are on the rise − here’s how to make sure you’re protected
  32. Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique
  33. Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives
  34. Can animals make art?
  35. Shaken baby syndrome can cause permanent brain damage, long-term disabilities or death – a pediatrician examines the preventable tragedy
  36. Donald Trump’s nonstop news-making can be exhausting, making it harder for people to scrutinize his presidential actions
  37. The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit
  38. As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions − World Day for Glaciers carries a reminder
  39. Social media design is key to protecting kids online
  40. As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions
  41. High school sports are losing athletes to private clubs, but schools can keep them by focusing on character development
  42. Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation
  43. An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
  44. A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
  45. People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true
  46. Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat
  47. Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize
  48. Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences
  49. Spanish speakers in Philadelphia break traditional rules of formal and informal speech in signs around town
  50. Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison