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France lags behind in the application of memory science in the courtroom.

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In three studies, we examined whether beliefs in repressed memory and dissociative amnesia could be changed. Participants provided agreement ratings to statements related to repressed memory and dissociative amnesia. Then, they received a university course which included education on the science of memory. Following this, participants had to re-rate the statements. In Study 3, at Times 1 and 2, participants also received a case vignette on a therapy-induced recovered memory and rated several statements related to this case. Participants who received education on the science of memory were less likely to agree with statements endorsing repressed memory and dissociative amnesia-and participants were more likely to state that the case vignette involved a false memory. Providing education on the science of memory can help people (e.g., legal professionals, people from the general population) to use critical thinking on the topic of repressed memory and dissociative amnesia. K E Y W O R D S dissociative amnesia, memory wars, repressed memory, trauma One area that has created much controversy in psychology is how traumatic experiences are remembered (McNally, 2005; 2021). This
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hal-04051134 , version 1 (29-03-2023)

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Olivier Dodier, Mickaël Morlet-Rivelli, Fanny Verkampt. France lags behind in the application of memory science in the courtroom.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, inPress, ⟨10.1037/mac0000088⟩. ⟨hal-04051134⟩

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