>From: Howard Eisman <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Psychoanalysis <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: False Memory Research
>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:40:20 -0500
>
>Ken Pope, in the articles cited by Dr.Gartland, made the point that
>claims that false memories exist and that they can be implanted by a
>therapist had not yet been substantiated by research. He was quite
>justified to make this point at the time he wrote the articles cited.
>
>Since that time, considerable research work has been done, supporting
>the view that false memories exist and might be created in some forms of
>therapy. Here are some examples:
>
>
>[1] Hyman, I.E., Jr.& Kleinknecht, E.E. (1999) "False childhood
>    memories: Research, theory, and applications." In L. M. Williams &
>    V. L. Banyards (Eds.) Trauma and Memory, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
>    Publications
>[2] Pezdek, K., Finger, K., & Hodge, D. (1997). "Planting false
>    childhood memories: The role of event Plausibility." Psychological
>    Science, 8, 437-441.
>  [3]                       "NEURAL EVENTS
>       that Underlie Remembering Something that Never Happened"
>                 Gonsalves, Brian and Paller, Ken A.
>            Nature Neuroscience 3 (11) Dec 2000 1316-1321.
>
>Howard

Hello Howard:
More than a century ago Freud warned against the suggestive influence of the
physician.  He abandoned his seduction theory precisely because he
recognized the existence of false memories.  How can you possibly think that
modern research has debunked Freud!  It seems as if Freud gets smarter and
his detractors get dumber every year.

Larry

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