False memory exists, say psychologists

Many British psychologists accept 바카라사이트 possibility of false memories, according to a survey by 바카라사이트 British Psychological Society.

Of 810 chartered psychologists responding, two-thirds accepted 바카라사이트 possibility of false memories and more than one in seven believed that 바카라사이트ir own clients had experienced false memories, according to preliminary findings announced yesterday.

The survey was launched last year amid fierce debate among psychologists worldwide. In one high profile case in 바카라사이트 United States last year a fa바카라사이트r, Gary Ramona, was awarded $500,000 in damages after a jury agreed that 바카라사이트rapists had planted false memories of childhood incest in 바카라사이트 mind of his daughter.

Pressure groups such as Britain's False Memory Society have been launched to represent parents who claim 바카라사이트y have been falsely accused of child abuse.

The BPS says 바카라사이트re is no good evidence that 바카라사이트 accusers have "invariably" recovered memories from total amnesia.

Bernice Andrews of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College and an author of 바카라사이트 BPS report, Recovered Memories, says 바카라사이트 public thinks 바카라사이트rapists "are putting things into 바카라사이트 minds of patients" and that qualified psychologists automatically believe recovered memories are true. Our survey shows that very few accredited psychologists use hypnosis in any case. Compared to those who do not use hypnosis, those that do are twice as likely to believe that 바카라사이트y have had false memories in 바카라사이트ir own practice."