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Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

  • Written by Gabrielle Principe, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of traumaMemories and photos both can misrepresent the past.Westend61 via Getty Images

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash her skull with a rock.

When Eileen testified at her father’s...

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