A historical note on false traumatic memories

✍ Scribed by Gerald M. Rosen; Marc Sageman; Elizabeth Loftus

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 50 KB
• Volume: 60
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10232

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Unhampered by current ethical standards and human subject committees, H. Bernheim (1889) created a false memory of a horrific traumatic event. Bernheim also demonstrated his subject's willingness to discuss the implanted memory with a representative of the law. Bernheim's work represents the first documented case of an implanted false traumatic memory, with direct relevance to contemporary debates. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.