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disposition > cognition > memory > recovered memory

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recovered memory  

Definition

  • Memory of a traumatic autobiographical event, recovered spontaneously or in the course of a therapy, and which was previously perceived as being inaccessible.

Broader concept

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Belli, R. F. (Éd.). (2011). True and false recovered memories : Toward a reconciliation of the debate. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1195-6

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Brédart, S. (2004). La récupération de souvenirs d’abus sexuels infantiles chez l’adulte. In S. Brédart & M. Van der Linden (Eds.), Souvenirs récupérés, souvenirs oubliés et faux souvenirs. (pp. 13–46). Solal.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • de Rivera, J. (2000). Understanding persons who repudiate memories recovered in therapy. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31(4), 378–386. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.31.4.378

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Dodier, O. (2019). A bibliometric analysis of the recovered memory controversy in the 21st century. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(4), 571‑584. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3498

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Dodier, O. (2021). L’amnésie dissociative : Limites méthodologiques, limites conceptuelles, et explications alternatives. L'Année Psychologique, 121(3), 275‑309. https://doi.org/10.3917/anpsy1.213.0275

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Dodier, O., Barzykowski, K., & Souchay, C. (2023). Recovered memories of trauma as a special (or not so special) form of involuntary autobiographical memories. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1268757

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Dodier, O., & Patihis, L. (2021). Recovered memories of child abuse outside of therapy. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 538‑547. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3783

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Dodier, O., Patihis, L., & Payoux, M. (2019). Reports of recovered memories of childhood abuse in therapy in France. Memory, 27(9), 1283‑1298. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2019.1652654

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Loftus, E. F., & Davis, D. (2006). Recovered memories. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2, 469‑498. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.2.022305.095315

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • McNally, R. J. (2003). Remembering trauma. Harvard University Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • McNally, R. J., & Geraerts, E. (2009). A new solution to the recovered memory debate. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(2), 126‑134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01112.x

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., Li, C., Jelicic, M., & Muris, P. (2025). The recovery and retraction of memories of abuse: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498258

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Reviewed by

  • Olivier Dodier

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