(University of Washington, Seattle, WA.)Ībstract: Characteristics of children’s memory for a trauma and for a positive event were compared and relationships of memory characteristics to trauma symptoms examined in 30 children who experienced a traumatic event. Children’s memory for trauma and positive experiences. In addition to supporting the phenomenon in general, these articles also counter the argument that recovered memory is (a) no more than a recent cultural “fad” and (b) specific to false accusers of sexual abuse.īerliner, L., Hyman, I., Thomas, A., & Fitzgerald, M. Included are cases involving survivors of childhood abuse, survivors of the Holocaust, and war veterans.

The following articles provide compelling scientific evidence in support of the phenomena of dissociation and recovered memory.