false memory syndrome

false memory syndrome
A recollection of a childhood incident which had not taken place.

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  • false memory syndrome — noun A condition of erroneous memory sometimes attributed to adults who recall childhood experiences, esp of sexual abuse, under hypnosis or other medical inducement (abbrev FMS) • • • Main Entry: ↑false …   Useful english dictionary

  • False memory syndrome — Article issues or=October 2007 unbalanced=January 2008 POV=January 2008 weasel=May 2008False memory syndrome (FMS) is a term coined in 1992 by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) to describe their theory that some adults who belatedly… …   Wikipedia

  • False Memory Syndrome Foundation — The False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) is an organization that advocates on behalf of individuals who claim they have been falsely accused of perpetrating child sexual abuse.cite journal|title=Crisis or Creation: A Systematic Examination of… …   Wikipedia

  • False Memory Syndrome Foundation — Die False Memory Syndrome Foundation ist eine Interessengemeinschaft von Personen, die angeben, fälschlicherweise des sexuellen Missbrauchs beschuldigt zu werden.[1] Der Hauptsitz ist in Philadelphia. Die Stiftung wurde 1992 von der promovierten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • false-memory syndrome — false′ mem′ory syn drome n. psy a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred • Etymology: 1990–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • false memory syndrome — ▪ psychology also called  recovered memory,  pseudomemory,  and  memory distortion   the experience, usually in the context of adult psychotherapy, of seeming to remember events that never actually occurred. These pseudomemories are often quite… …   Universalium

  • false-memory syndrome — /fawls mem euh ree/ a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred. [1990 95] * * * …   Universalium

  • false-memory syndrome — /fawls mem euh ree/ a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred. [1990 95] …   Useful english dictionary

  • False memory — refers to the recollection of an event, or the details of an event, that did not occur. The term may also refer to: False memory syndrome Source monitoring error Confabulation False Memory (novel), by Dean Koontz This disambiguation page lists… …   Wikipedia

  • False-Memory-Syndrom — Der Ausdruck False Memory Syndrom soll einen Zustand beschreiben, bei welchem eine lebhafte Pseudoerinnerung an einen unzutreffenden sexuellen Missbrauch in der Kindheit entgegen objektiver Tatsachen beibehalten wird. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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