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False Memory Reading Group  - http://comp.uark.edu/~lampinen/read.html  Searchable archive of article summaries prepared by the False Memory Reading Group at the University of Arkansas.  Memory and Reality  - http://www.fmsfonline.com/  The official website of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. Memory studies, retractor stories, legal information, newsletters, information on hypnosis, and a scientific focus are presented.  Questioning Claims About the False Memory Syndrome Epidemic  - http://www.sover.net/~schwcof/popelet.html  Article by Kenneth Pope, Ph.D. outlined here; also includes links to a number of other resources pertaining to FMS issues.  Science Daily | "I Tawt I Taw" A Bunny Wabbit At Disneyland: New Evidence Shows False Memories Can Be Created  - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010612065657.htm  Article describing an experiment where about one-third of the people who were exposed to a fake print advertisement that described a visit to Disneyland and how they met and shook hands with Bugs Bunny later said they remembered or knew the event happened to them.  The Skeptic | Recovered Memory Therapy and False Memory Syndrome  - http://www.skeptic.com/02.3.hochman-fms.html  An article by John Hochman, M.D. arguing that recovered memories are generated by some therapists.  Treating Patients With Memories of Abuse : Legal Risk Management  - http://www.apa.org/books/4317960.html  Written by Samuel J. Knapp and Leon VandeCreek, this book covers the treatment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse--particularly patients who recover memories while in treatment. Order page.  Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse  - http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html  Information from APA's Public Affairs Office to help you understand how repressed, recovered, or suggested memories of childhood abuse may occur and what you can do if you or a family member is concerned about a childhood memory.  Recovered Memory Therapy  - http://www.religioustolerance.org/rmt.htm  Description of repressed memories and recovered memory therapy from the point of view that it represents a therapy hoax.  Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse  - http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/  Presents scientific research and scholarly resources addressing amnesia and delayed recall for memories of childhood sexual abuse.  Trauma & Cognitive Science Meeting  - http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/traumaconf.html  Tapes available of scientific meeting covering the way in which trauma interacts with information processing. A particular focus will be on how traumatic information is encoded, stored, and later retrieved from memory.  Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law  - http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/McGonigle_review.htm  Book review by Helen McGonigle of the book by Brown, Sheflin and Hammond.  Debunking "False Memory" Myths in Sexual Abuse Cases  - http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/Murphy_Memory_Article.html  An article by Attorney Wendy Murphy.  Therapeutic Hypnosis  - http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/hypnosis.html  Analysis and criticism of the court opinion in Borawick v. Shaw disallowing the testimony of a victim of sexual abuse who had been been treated with hypnosis.  Discrediting the False Memory Syndrome Foundation  - http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/fmindex.shtml  Directory of web resources regarding recovered memory.  Bringing Justice to Wenatchee  - http://robtshepherd.tripod.com/wenatchee.html  Journalist Paul Craig Roberts lays the blame for the Wenatchee Witch Hunt squarely at the feet of "hysterical liberals."  HealthCentral.com Cool Tools  - http://www.healthcentral.com/cooltools/ct_mentalhealth/ct_mentalhealth.cfm  Self-experiment showing the ease with which the mind can be fooled about "remembering" something.  The Memory Debate Archives  - http://www.tmdArchives.org  Over 3000 topical cites and 500 links on both sides of the repressed and recovered memories issue.  Beware Of False Memories: Revised  - http://www.rickross.com/reference/false_memories/fsm24.html  Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, PhD, describes his experiences with his patients during age regression, and cautiously instructs therapists against leading questions.  Pseudoscience, Cross-examination, and Scientific Evidence in the Recovered Memory Controversy  - http://kspope.com/repweb2a.shtml  A white paper from the American Psychological Association journal "Psychology, Public Policy, and Law", examining the concept of recovered memories from a research perspective.  "False Memory Syndrome" Facts  - http://fmsf.com/index.shtml  Recovered-memories therapist Linda Chapman presents resources about false memory syndrome, dissociation, delayed recall, repression, and recovered memories of child abuse and other traumatic events.  Abuse Survivors Syndrome  - http://members.tripod.com/~GaryCooper/  Resources and commentary arguing that recovered memories can be deceptive.  Boards2Go: Recovered Memory Messageboards  - http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=jehu  An open discussion board predominantly anti-recovered memories therapy.  Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health Practices  - http://www.ltech.net/OHIOarmhp/  OARMHP is a state chapter of FMSF.  Courage to Sue: A Parody of Psychotherapy  - http://members.tripod.com/~josiah2/courage.html  A sardonic statement applying the principles found in Courage To Heal to the therapist rather than the patient.  Abelard - The Myth of Repressed Memory  - http://www.abelard.org/briefings/repressed_memory.htm  An article which examines the proposal that humans are highly suggestible and memory is very unreliable. Site offers contact information and links to related topics.  Remembering Childhood Abuse  - http://www.menweb.org/throop/falsereport/cases/bothside.html  First-person account of recovered memories from Scott Barak Abraham.  The Recovered Memory Project  - http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/index.html  An Internet-based research project which is gathering corroborated cases of recovered memories.