Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields central to human welfare, such as medicine and law. Although many importan

As one of the most hotly debated topics of the past decade, false memory has attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners in many of psychology's sub

People sometimes remember events that never happened. These illusory or false memories have important practical implications in various aspects of everyday life

When psychologists began hearing adults tell harrowing tales of childhood abuse, some dismissed the stories as false. Other therapists, however, recognized that

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