In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

The controversy over the validity of repressed and recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been extraordinarily bitter. Yet data on cognitive functioning in people reporting repressed ...

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...

Source: Matthew Baxter, used with permission. In the recent court case of British former socialite and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, her legal team called in a false memory expert. False ...

George Franklin in court in Redwood City in 1990, accused of the 1969 slaying of Susan Nason, 8. The accuser: his daughter, who said she'd suddenly recalled the murder. (Russell D. Curtis / Pool Photo ...

Mental health services force electroshock, rarely asking about causes like childhood adversities and recent stressors; few ...

A new developmental theory is reshaping how experts understand the reliability of children's and adolescents' memories of traumatic events and adverse experiences. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

The memory of the murder, buried in her mind for 20 years, came back in a flash. Eileen Franklin-Lipsker suddenly knew who had killed her childhood best friend, 8-year-old Susan Nason, who was ...