Memory Wars & The Repressed Memory Debate, Resources and Updates

This page intends to provide additional resources and updates and is not a mandatory part of the course material.

Resources and Articles that are Critical of the Repressed Memories Construct

• False Memory Syndrome Foundation’s web site: http://www.fmsfonline.org/
• The Reality of Repressed Memories, article appeared in 1993 in American Psychologist: http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/lof93.htm
• RECOVERED MEMORIES: Are They Reliable? http://www.fmsfonline.org/reliable.html
• Remembering Dangerously: http://www.csicop.org/si/9503/memory.html
• Nature Reviews Neuroscience, http://www.nature.com/nrn/
• How to Believe the Unbelievable: http://www.fmsfonline.org/victimsofmem.ch3.html
• Make-believe memories http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/AmerPsychAward+ArticlePDF03%20(2).pdf
• Memory Faults and Fixes: http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/IssuesInScienceTechnology02%20vol%2018.pdf
• Articles by Loftus and colleagues: http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/
• Memory’s Future: http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/MemoryFuture.htm
• Misinformation and Memory: The Creation of New Memories: http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/hoff.htm

Resources and Articles that Support the Repressed Memories Construct:

• Jennifer J. Freyd’s Home page: http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/index.html#summary
• Pseudoscience, Cross-examination, and Scientific Evidence in the Recovered Memory Controversy: http://kspope.com/memory/repweb2a.php
• Recovered Memories: http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/articles/recoveredmemories.pdf
• Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (JTD) http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/jtd/index.html
• Memory, Abuse, and Science: Questioning Claims about the False Memory Syndrome Epidemic: http://kspope.com/memory/memory.php
• Trauma & Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): http://www.loyola.edu/campuslife/healthservices/counselingcenter/trauma.html
• Articles that support the concept of repressed memories: http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/traumapapers.html
• Articles on Recovered Memories: http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/%7Ejjf/articles/recoveredmemories.pdf
• Article, discrediting the False Memory Syndrome Foundation: http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/fmindex.html
• Lost in a Shopping Mall’ — A Breach of Professional Ethics: http://users.owt.com/crook/memory/.
• Logical Fallacies and Ethical Breaches: http://users.owt.com/crook/memory/#logical

Updates:

• Refuting Repressed Memory (2006): http://www.here-now.org/shows/2006/06/20060615_13.asp
• Hypnosis, Recovered Memories, and False Memories: http://atheism.about.com/b/a/231042.htm
• Thanks for the Repressed Memories: JUNK VS. SCIENCE IN THE PAUL SHANLEY TRIAL (2005): http://www.slate.com/id/2112746/
• Debate over repressed memories heats up with $1,000 challenge (2006): http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/ 2006/06/12/debate_over_repressed_memories_heats_up_with_1000_challenge/

Additional Bibliographies:

• APLS Bibliography: http://comp.uark.edu/~lampinen/biblio.html