Saturday, September 23, 2017

American Psychiatric Association position on memories

https://www.psychiatry.org/file%20library/about-apa/organization-documents-policies/policies/position-2013-memories-child-abuse.pdf

"Research has shown that memory does not always record events accurately.  In the presence of severe or prolonged stress, people may suffer significant impairment of the retention, recall and accuracy of memories."

___________


Bruce Jancin, writing in the Clinical Psychology News, stated:

"... solid scientific evidence demonstrates that in the absence of third-party corroboration, there is no reliable way to tell real memory from the product of suggestion."
_______________

The Australian Psychological Society Ltd. stated in its Guidelines Relating to the Reporting of Recovered Memories on 1994-OCT-

1:"Given that the accuracy of memories cannot be determined without corroboration, psychologists should use caution in responding to questions from clients about pursuing legal action. ... The available scientific and clinical evidence does not allow accurate, inaccurate and fabricated memories to be distinguished in the absence of independent corroboration." 
_______________

Dee and Deb, on the other hand, think Jane should go to court.
____________

New research released this week has found that even people with phenomenal memory are susceptible to having “false memories,” suggesting that “memory distortions are basic and widespread in humans, and it may be unlikely that anyone is immune,” according to the authors of the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
of the retention, recall and accuracy of memories.
Research has shown that memory does not always
record events accurately. In recall and accuracy of memories.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous said: To be clear, John MacArthur runs a cult and his schools are part of the cult. It's akin to the Scientology cult. "

    Dear Anon, you have serious perceptual issues. Really

    ReplyDelete