True Stories Of False Memories

Author : Meredith Maran
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470944838
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Lie written by Meredith Maran and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meredith Maran lived a daughter's nightmare: she accused her father of sexual abuse, then realized, nearly too late, that he was innocent. During the 1980s and 1990s, tens of thousands of Americans became convinced that they had repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, and then, decades later, recovered those memories in therapy. Journalist, mother, and daughter Meredith Maran was one of them. Her accusation and estrangement from her father caused her sons to grow up without their only grandfather, divided her family into those who believed her and those who didn't, and led her to isolate herself on "Planet Incest," where "survivors" devoted their lives, and life savings, to recovering memories of events that had never occurred. Maran unveils her family's devastation and ultimate redemption against the backdrop of the sex-abuse scandals, beginning with the infamous McMartin preschool trial, that sent hundreds of innocents to jail—several of whom remain imprisoned today. Exploring the psychological, cultural, and neuroscientific causes of this modern American witch-hunt, My Lie asks: how could so many people come to believe the same lie at the same time? What has neuroscience discovered about the brain's capacity to create false memories and encode false beliefs? What are the "big lies" gaining traction in American culture today—and how can we keep them from taking hold? My Lie is a wrenchingly honest, unexpectedly witty, and profoundly human story that proves the personal is indeed political—and the political can become painfully personal.

Author : Eleanor C. Goldstein
Publisher : Sirs
ISBN 13 : 9780897771450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Stories of False Memories written by Eleanor C. Goldstein and published by Sirs. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of families are victims of therapy based on retrieving childhood memories based on pseudoscientific techniques which induce false memories. Using hypnosis, guided imagery, body massage, dream interpretation & other questionable techniques, thousands of overzealous therapists search for long-repressed "memories" of childhood incest. Patients embrace the distorted theories of their psychotherapists & become convinced the long-forgotten sexual assault is the reason for all their present problems. The victims of this destructive therapy are persuaded to cut off contact with all family members who question the new memories, even though no evidence of the abuse is ever established. Recovered memory therapy is widely practiced by licensed psychiatrists, psychologists & clinical social workers. In this book, siblings describe the devastating effects of their sisters' accusations of sexual & satanic ritual abuse against their parents, based on memories recalled in therapy. Women who have experienced this type of therapy describe how they were led to believe they were sexually abused but now they realize the incest never occurred. They tell how they WERE abused--by the very people they went to for help. Distributed by Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Brodart & The Distributors. Or order direct from SIRS Books, P.O. Box 2348, Boca Raton, FL 33427-2348. Phone: (800) 232-7477.

Author : Lenore Terr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465095399
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unchained Memories written by Lenore Terr and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child psychiatrist Terr offers an important book on the cutting edge of the false memory syndrome issue. Seven cases, some taken from Terr's own experience as an expert witness, shed light on why it is rare for a repressed memory to be wholly false. These stories offer a wealth of information on the nature of memory.

Author : Dan Krokos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781484403273
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book False Memory written by Dan Krokos and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after 17-year-old Miranda awakens with no memory, she discovers that she can release a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her except Peter, who tells her she is part of an elite force of genetically altered teens. First in a powerful new series.

Author : Richard Ofshe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520205833
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Monsters written by Richard Ofshe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, reports of incest have exploded into the national consciousness. Magazines, talk shows, and mass market paperbacks have taken on the subject as many Americans, primarily women, have come forward with graphic memories of childhood abuse. Making Monsters examines the methods of therapists who treat patients for depression by working to draw out memories or, with the use of hypnosis, to encourage fantasies of childhood abuse the patients are told they have repressed. Since this therapy may leave the patient more depressed and alienated than before, questions are appropriately raised here about the ethics and efficacy of such treatment. In the last decade, reports of incest have exploded into the national consciousness. Magazines, talk shows, and mass market paperbacks have taken on the subject as many Americans, primarily women, have come forward with graphic memories of childhood abuse. Making Monsters examines the methods of therapists who treat patients for depression by working to draw out memories or, with the use of hypnosis, to encourage fantasies of childhood abuse the patients are told they have repressed. Since this therapy may leave the patient more depressed and alienated than before, questions are appropriately raised here about the ethics and efficacy of such treatment.

Author : Elizabeth F. Loftus
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312141238
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Repressed Memory written by Elizabeth F. Loftus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-01-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintains that there is no controlled scientific evidence that memories of trauma may be "recovered" years later.

Author : James G. Friesen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532694431
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Truth about False Memory Syndrome written by James G. Friesen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When psychologists began hearing adults tell harrowing tales of childhood abuse, some dismissed the stories as false. Other therapists, however, recognized that the hidden memories might indicate multiple personality disorder, a complex coping strategy that helps victims deal with severe abuse. In The Truth about False Memory Syndrome, Dr. Jim Friesen, a pioneer in the treatment of multiple personality disorder, tackles the subject of FMS with clarity and knowledge no tabloid or talk show can muster. An experienced and compassionate psychologist, Friesen takes the reader along as he helps his clients piece their lives back together and recover from abuse. Through engrossing, yet unnerving, case studies of various patients, dealing with everything from sexual to satanic ritual abuse, Friesen draws a distinction between memory and fantasy, truth and falsehood. In the process, our misconceptions about the victims of abuse, and FMS, are dispelled.

Author : Martin A. Conway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198523866
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovered Memories and False Memories written by Martin A. Conway and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of whether memories can be lost, particularly as a result of trauma, and then "recovered" through psychotherapy has polarised the field of memory research. This is the first volume to bring together leading memory researchers and clinicians with the aiming of facilitating aresolution to this question. The volume offers a unique and timely summary of the theories of memory recovery, and how false memories may be created. Some of the first research relating to the phenomenal characteristics of memory recovered is reported in detail, suggesting important avenues fornew research. Theories of autobiographical memory, implicit memory, reminiscence, and the effects of repeated recall on memory are included. Recovered memories and false memories provides the most current and authoritative thinking in this area, and will be an essential sourcebook for memoryresearchers and psychotherapists.

Author : Dean Ray Koontz
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book False Memory written by Dean Ray Koontz and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1999 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman and her husband scour the past for clues after she is gripped by an inexplicable fear of her own image.

Author : Dr Julia Shaw
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473535174
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Memory Illusion written by Dr Julia Shaw and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Truly fascinating.' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2 - Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you’ve met dozens of times? - Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else’s? - Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time, only to discover later that you couldn’t possibly have been? We rely on our memories every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is, they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. In The Memory Illusion, forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw draws on the latest research to show why our memories so often play tricks on us – and how, if we understand their fallibility, we can actually improve their accuracy. The result is an exploration of our minds that both fascinating and unnerving, and that will make you question how much you can ever truly know about yourself. Think you have a good memory? Think again. 'A spryly paced, fun, sometimes frightening exploration of how we remember – and why everyone remembers things that never truly happened.' Pacific Standard