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Resolving repression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Steven M. Smith
Steven M. Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas77843-4235http://people.tamu.edu/~stevesmith/
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stevesmith@tamu.edu
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Abstract:

The feuding factions of the memory wars, that is, those concerned with the validity of recovered memories versus those concerned with false memories, are unified by Erdelyi's theory of repression. Evidence shows suppression, inhibition, and retrieval blocking can have profound yet reversible effects on a memory's accessibility, and deserve as prominent a role in the recovered memory debate as evidence of false memories. Erdelyi's theory shows that both inhibitory and elaborative processes cooperate to keep unwanted memories out of consciousness.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 534 - 535
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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