Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
recovered memory — n a forgotten memory of a traumatic event (as sexual abuse) experienced typically during childhood and recalled many years later that is sometimes held to be an invalid or false remembrance generated by outside influence … Medical dictionary
recovered memory — noun : a memory of a traumatic event (as sexual abuse) experienced typically during childhood that is forgotten and then recalled many years later and that is sometimes held to be an invalid or false remembrance generated by outside influence * * … Useful english dictionary
Recovered memory therapy — (RMT) is a term coined by affiliates of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) in the early 1990s,cite book|title=Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors |last= Whitfield |first=CL |coauthors= Silberg JL; Fink PJ… … Wikipedia
recovered memory — noun Date: 1941 a memory of a traumatic event (as sexual abuse) experienced typically during childhood that is forgotten and then recalled many years later that is sometimes held to be an invalid or false remembrance generated by outside… … New Collegiate Dictionary
recovered memory — noun a repressed memory, sometimes one of sexual abuse … Wiktionary
recovered memory — /rəˈkʌvəd mɛmri/ (say ruh kuvuhd memree) noun Psychology a formerly repressed memory, as of a traumatic incident, which has been restored to the conscious mind, often through hypnosis or psychoanalysis …
Memory consolidation — is a category of processes that stabilize a memory trace after the initial acquisition.[1] Consolidation is distinguished into two specific processes, synaptic consolidation, which occurs within the first few hours after learning, and system… … Wikipedia
Memory disorder — Memory can be defined as an organism s ability to encode, retain, and recall information. Disorders of memory can range from mild to severe, yet are all a result of damage to neuroanatomical structures; either in part or in full. This damage… … Wikipedia
Memory and trauma — Memory is described by psychology as the ability of an organism to store, retain, and subsequently retrieve information. When an individual experiences a traumatic event, whether physically or psychologically traumatic, his or her memory can be… … Wikipedia
Memory sport — Memory sport, sometimes referred to as competitive memory or the mind sport of memory, is a competition in which participants attempt to memorize the most information that they can then present back, under certain guidelines. The sport has been… … Wikipedia
