?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Memory+Distortion+and+False+Memory+Creation&rft.creator=Loftus%2C+Elizabeth&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Scientific+work+on+memory+distortion+has+captured+the+attention+of+the+the+wider+mental+health+field%2C+of+the+legal+profession%2C+and+of+the+general+public.+One+reason+is+this%3A+In+the+last+decade%2C+hundreds+if+not+thousands+of+patients+have+emerged+from+psychotherapy+accusing+their+fathers+and+mothers%2C+their+uncles+and+grandfathers%2C+their+former+neighbors%2C+their+former+teachers+and+therapists%2C+and+countless+others%2C+of+sexually+abusing+them+years+before.+The+patients+often+claim+that+they+have+repressed+or+dissociated+the+%22memories%22+until+various+therapeutic+interventions+excavated+the+mental+contents+and+made+their+presence+known.+After+recovering+these+new+memories%2C+patients+have+confronted+their+alleged+abusers%2C+and+sometimes+taken+them+to+court%2C+forcing+them+to+pay+sizable+sums+in+damages.+In+many+cases%2C+accused+people+have+found+themselves+dragged+through+the+criminal+justice+system%2C+and+occasionally%2C+to+their+shock%2C+sent+off+to+prison.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F599%2F1%2F199802009.html&rft.identifier=++Loftus%2C+Elizabeth++(1996)+Memory+Distortion+and+False+Memory+Creation.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F599%2F