Citation

Freyd JJ, Gleaves DH. J. Exp. Psychol. Learn. Mem. Cogn. 1996; 22(3): 811-3; discussion 814-6.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene 97403-1227, USA. jjf@dynamic.uoregon.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8656157

Abstract

H.L. Roediger and K.B. McDermott (1995) found that when participants studied a list of words with a common but not presented associate, participants frequently falsely reported remembering the never presented associated word as part of the list. Roediger and McDermott suggest that this finding is generalizable to the current controversy surrounding contested memories of child abuse. The present authors urge caution in making such a generalization, arguing that there are critical differences between Roediger and McDermott's findings and contested memories of abuse.

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