repressed memory

collocation in English

meaningsofrepressedandmemory

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repressed
adjective
uk
/rɪˈprest/us
/rɪˈprest/
having feelings that you do ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofrepressedandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Abreaction is characterized, intones the instructor, by a literal reliving, moment by moment and in real time, of the formerlyrepressedmemory.
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It looks at the connections between cinematic creation, trauma andrepressedmemorythrough social and political developments.
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The notion ofrepressedmemoryis highly controversial and has been excluded from several courts of law.
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It is suggested that her recent interactions and hallucinations with the little girl and mystery attacker have been a kind of traumaticrepressedmemory.
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The topic ofrepressedmemoryis controversial within psychology; many clinicians argue for its importance, while researchers remain skeptical of its existence.
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Therepressedmemoryconcept came into wider public awareness in the 1980s and 1990s followed by a reduction of public attention after a series of scandals, lawsuits, and license revocations.
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This is used to explain having memories for events where the brain was not in a position to store memories and is sometimes a catalyst forrepressedmemoryrecovery.
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Typically,repressedmemoryis the term used to explain this sort of traumatic amnesia; the experience was so horrific that the adult can not process what occurred years before.
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The conviction was later reversed by a federal appeals court, partially because so-calledrepressedmemory is not acceptable as a contributing factor to conviction in a criminal proceeding.
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