A report on the FACT (Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers) Spring Conference, held in May. Barbara Hewson looks at the background to false allegations – why they are made, and the part false memory can play in them. After lunch, the radio presenter and retired schoolmaster Simon Warr gave an electrifying…
When 21-year-old nurse Carol Felstead went to her doctor complaining of repeated headaches, she wasn’t just prescribed painkillers. Instead, she was referred for psychotherapy that would ultimately involve hypnosis to “recover” so-called repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. Carol subsequently came to believe that her parents were the leaders of…
Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Herman, Royal Marines (retired), is a man of old school charm and courtesy. It is easy to see why, while serving as a major in the Marines in 1971, he was seconded to Buckingham Palace to work as Equerry in Waiting to Prince Philip, and later as Private…
An authoritative article from The Skeptical Enquirer. How memory can be changed, distorted or expanded by hypnosis. Hypnosis can bring out not only accurate memories but gross falsehoods as well. It is also an extremely powerful tool for implanting false memories into patients. Buffalo: Jul/Aug 2003.Vol.27, Iss. 4; pg. 40…