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