Traumatic Amnesia and Massive Repression (Part One)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus describes her reaction at learning that a psychiatrist was showing videotapes of a woman who had repressed certain memories due to "traumatic amnesia," but was now supposedly recalling the detail...
Traumatic Amnesia and Massive Repression (Part Five)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of the traumatic amnesia case in which a mother was accused of having sexually abused her daughter years earlier. Dr. Loftus explains that the mother and daughter had a b...
Traumatic Amnesia and Massive Repression (Part Four)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of the traumatic amnesia case in which a mother was accused of having sexually abused her daughter years earlier. After her initial involvement in the case, Dr. Loftus ex...
Traumatic Amnesia and Massive Repression (Part Two)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of the traumatic amnesia case in which a mother was accused of having sexually abused her daughter years earlier. Dr. Loftus explains that she and her collaborator looked...
Traumatic Amnesia and Massive Repression (Part Three)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of the traumatic amnesia case in which a mother was accused of having sexually abused her daughter years earlier. Dr. Loftus describes the reaction of the mother in the c...
Suggestive Techniques
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about some of the techniques used to spur the recollection of supposedly repressed memories. "But it's exactly these techniques," Dr. Loftus says, "...that I and others have worried are so ...
False Memory Research
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about research experiments that look at consequences and repercussions after false memories have been planted in the minds of experiment subjects. Dr. Loftus also touches on some potential ...
False Memories (Part Two)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of false or repressed memories. Dr. Loftus explains that, while there are genuine cases of repressed memory, there are also those which she calls the "hey, me, too, cases...
The Mind's Storehouse: Memory Phenomenon, The
Memory is the mind's storehouse. It holds information necessary for survival, and embraces the richness and texture of individual lives. It can be a tool to fame and fortune or a traitor at the most inopportune moment. Leading memory experts share t...
The Mind's Storehouse: Forgetting
Sometimes efforts to retrieve memory fail. Context or content cues, or multiple cues for the same memory increases the likelihood that the information can be accessed. In some cases, it is important to forget what has been learned, to replace one me...