Traumatic memories are not necessarily accurate memories

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 823-828

  Laney, Cara ^a   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Repression; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FALSE MEMORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SLEEP; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 31444457149     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505001303     Document Type: Review

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