February 2017 PMID 27892833

A mega-analysis of memory reports from eight peer-reviewed false memory implantation studies.

Alan Scoboria, Kimberley A Wade, D Stephen Lindsay, Tanjeem Azad, Deryn Strange, James Ost, Ira E Hyman

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Peak: 7 in May 2025
across 6 sources since Feb 2019

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What people are saying

The group of discussions demonstrates strong support and high engagement with the research, exemplified by calls for legal professionals to acknowledge the findings and references to related studies on false memories, such as the mega-analysis by Scoboria and colleagues. The tone indicates that the study is viewed as a crucial, potentially transformative work that could alter practices across multiple fields.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions strongly support the importance of the research, emphasizing how it highlights the significance of understanding false memories in legal and clinical contexts.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high interest, referencing the detailed analysis and implications of the study, with enthusiasm expressed through phrases like 'brilliant', 'game changer', and calls for professionals to heed the findings.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many discussions delve into specific aspects of the research, citing related studies and demanding institutional responses, indicating deep engagement with the topic and its broader societal impact.

ImpactHigh impact

The discussions suggest the study could significantly influence legal, medical, and psychological practices, with posts arguing it could prevent wrongful convictions and improve understanding of memory malleability.

Abstract in brief

  • The study analyzed eight peer-reviewed false memory implantation studies to understand how suggestive techniques influence the creation of false memories, particularly of childhood events, which is important in clinical, medical, and legal contexts.
  • Researchers developed a reliable coding system based on memory science criteria to assess reports from these studies, finding that 30% of cases were classified as false memories, with certain factors like self-relevant suggestions and imagery techniques increasing the likelihood of false memory formation to 46.1%.
  • The findings provide a systematic method for combining data across studies, offering the most accurate estimate to date of false memory formation and identifying key moderating factors that affect the creation of false memories in experimental settings.]

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Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual abuse and rape. Police, lawyers and judiciary all need to recognise that science of memory and appraisal matters. @EmpowerInnocent @Mscjervis @AccusedOrg

May 29, 2025 · 9 likes · 6 shares · 5,658 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

@JohnDavisJDLLM @Philosopher_Jay Some who've been at the chalk face of all this in UK for years, the brave, honest and grounded who do not indulge fantasy to make money, told me that wrongful convictions of historical sexual abuse run at 80%. After all I'd seen, I'd have accepted 100%. https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk

Jan 28, 2025 · 3 likes · 5,658 followers View post →
SAFF
@SAFFtweets · X

Will the British Journal of Criminology @CrimeandJustice apologise for publishing MikeSalter's falsehoods about DID/MPD and will they publish a REAL scientific paper on Recovered Memories to counter his dissemblings? https://t.co/VO4iiCe29s

Jul 25, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 932 followers View post →
Patrick S. Bruck
@PatrickSBruck · X

@235antz @jthapisces Details/citations: "'Lost in the mall' and other false memories," https://t.co/Yv7tDtap7n "The Formation of False Memories," https://t.co/k85ovUzfIG "Using false photographs to create false childhood memories," https://t.co/pGFUBJnPhv A Mega-analysis: https://t.co/603THHU5tF

Dec 25, 2024 · 1 like · 7,993 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

@JWhitakerAuthor https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk Jared, you should watch this, because it is so significant to why so many are being falsely accused of historical sexual abuse which never took place. Lawrence Patihis is a professor at Portsmouth uni and quite simply a brilliant, deeply thinking man.

Jan 28, 2025 · 1 like · 5,658 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

https://t.co/uxk1AlWrpw All should read if handling sexual allegations. So long as I live, I will never forget the ease with which some willingly destroy the lives of others. Without even reading. Without really exercising any caution of any kind. Unbelievable indifference.

Aug 23, 2022 · 1 like · 5,658 followers View post →

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Alberto
@jedoradodebeza · X

RT @lizyeld: https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual ab…

May 29, 2025 · 6 shares · 288 followers View post →
Sean Bw Parker
@seanbwparker · X

RT @lizyeld: https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual ab…

May 29, 2025 · 6 shares · 16,795 followers View post →
Sussex Globe
@SussexGlobe · X

RT @lizyeld: https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual ab…

May 29, 2025 · 6 shares · 2,402 followers View post →
Artists Against the False Allegations Industry
@AAFAI_org · X

RT @lizyeld: https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual ab…

May 29, 2025 · 6 shares · 749 followers View post →
Seraglio Point Productions
@Seraglio_Point · X

RT @lizyeld: https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual ab…

May 29, 2025 · 6 shares · 176 followers View post →
FalselyAccusedSupportOrg
@AccusedOrg · X

RT @lizyeld: https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual ab…

May 29, 2025 · 6 shares · 1,310 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

https://t.co/v3kR07VOSM The great Lawrence Patihis who shd be heard by anyone dealing with historical allegations of sexual abuse and rape. Police, lawyers and judiciary all need to recognise that science of memory and appraisal matters. @EmpowerInnocent @Mscjervis @AccusedOrg

May 29, 2025 · 9 likes · 6 shares · 5,658 followers View post →
Philosopher_Jay
@Philosopher_Jay · X

RT @lizyeld: @Philosopher_Jay @JohnDavisJDLLM https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk Lawrence Patihis is professor at Portsmouth, and if only to God UK po…

Jan 28, 2025 · 1 share · 1,347 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

@Philosopher_Jay @JohnDavisJDLLM https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk Lawrence Patihis is professor at Portsmouth, and if only to God UK police, lawyers and judiciary would listen to this brilliant man, it would save so many lives and so much destruction of innocent. Some unheard lawyers understand in full, and have to bear.

Jan 28, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share · 5,658 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

@JohnDavisJDLLM @Philosopher_Jay Some who've been at the chalk face of all this in UK for years, the brave, honest and grounded who do not indulge fantasy to make money, told me that wrongful convictions of historical sexual abuse run at 80%. After all I'd seen, I'd have accepted 100%. https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk

Jan 28, 2025 · 3 likes · 5,658 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

@JWhitakerAuthor https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk Jared, you should watch this, because it is so significant to why so many are being falsely accused of historical sexual abuse which never took place. Lawrence Patihis is a professor at Portsmouth uni and quite simply a brilliant, deeply thinking man.

Jan 28, 2025 · 1 like · 5,658 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

@agnes1_n @theLDNstandard @RachelSJohnson https://t.co/v3kR07WmIk If only every policeman, lawyer and member of the judiciary would listen to this quite brilliant man, whose work is founded on research and engagement with the best in the field. Someone who is NOT a charlatan. If only. If only.

Jan 28, 2025 · 1 like · 5,658 followers View post →
Patrick S. Bruck
@PatrickSBruck · X

@235antz @jthapisces Details/citations: "'Lost in the mall' and other false memories," https://t.co/Yv7tDtap7n "The Formation of False Memories," https://t.co/k85ovUzfIG "Using false photographs to create false childhood memories," https://t.co/pGFUBJnPhv A Mega-analysis: https://t.co/603THHU5tF

Dec 25, 2024 · 1 like · 7,993 followers View post →
LoremSol
@LoremSol · X

@JordiWild ,hace un año @joelcobosoficia te hizo un llamamiento, no sé si llegó o no pero aquí lo repito. Ojalá. https://t.co/sbVXIRZ6M2

Feb 23, 2023 · 22 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

https://t.co/uxk1AlWrpw All should read if handling sexual allegations. So long as I live, I will never forget the ease with which some willingly destroy the lives of others. Without even reading. Without really exercising any caution of any kind. Unbelievable indifference.

Aug 23, 2022 · 1 like · 5,658 followers View post →
Elizabeth Yeld
@lizyeld · X

RT @SAFFtweets: Will the British Journal of Criminology @CrimeandJustice apologise for publishing MikeSalter's falsehoods about DID/MPD and…

Aug 23, 2022 · 1 share · 5,658 followers View post →
SAFF
@SAFFtweets · X

@RDobbson1 @DailyMailUK @DavidRoseUK Yes. This research on DID/MPD therapy cases concluded nearly half of all patients undergoing Recovered Memory will create false memories. No ifs or buts. The fact that DID therapists are even being allowed to practice their voodoo is a medical scandal. https://t.co/VO4iiCe29s

Aug 2, 2022 · 1 like · 932 followers View post →
SAFF
@SAFFtweets · X

Will the British Journal of Criminology @CrimeandJustice apologise for publishing MikeSalter's falsehoods about DID/MPD and will they publish a REAL scientific paper on Recovered Memories to counter his dissemblings? https://t.co/VO4iiCe29s

Jul 25, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 932 followers View post →
TiberNugs
@TiberiusNugs · X

@sent_thinkpad @brokedownjumper @gwilliam_gworm That doesn't disprove that people can have false memories. Also, https://t.co/87kt9ddrn4

Jul 25, 2022 · 70 followers View post →
Charan Ranganath
@CharanRanganath · X

RT @ira_hyman: @dstephenlindsay @CharanRanganath @Raamana_ @sghetti1 @AyannaKim I like the mega-analysis led by Alan Scoboria. The work is…

Jan 31, 2022 · 1 share · 6,872 followers View post →
Ira -- worried and hopeful for democracy -- Hyman
@ira_hyman · X

@dstephenlindsay @CharanRanganath @Raamana_ @sghetti1 @AyannaKim I like the mega-analysis led by Alan Scoboria. The work is reliable. https://t.co/MiJscZ3nQt

Jan 31, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,549 followers View post →
Tiffany T
@Tiffany44541244 · X

@PamOliver1180 @jeremyfreese accounts are humanly impossible and delusional. https://t.co/WFBSCJANC6 They demanded that courts elevate “lived experience and her truth” over reality, evidence and the truth. The “recovered memory movement” in radical feminist and religious fundamentalists circles quickly >>>

Sep 25, 2021 · 764 followers View post →
Elle Campbell
@ellllllllllle · X

2) Dr. Patihis stated explicitly he was NOT addressing a situation in which anything criminal had happened, and that if the situation he was asked to address had been criminal, he would have addressed the subject differently. https://t.co/wxEzVuEidJ

Jun 14, 2021 · 1 like · 5,148 followers View post →
Elle Campbell
@ellllllllllle · X

To help answer that question, there were two interesting notes in the video description (https://t.co/wxEzVuEidJ) which said: 1) An unnamed follower has asked Dr. Patihis to create this video, in which they asked him to explain how a person’s memories could change over time. https://t.co/YLJfpj3dTo

Jun 14, 2021 · 1 like · 5,148 followers View post →
Shangri-La
@jordi_fornes · X

https://t.co/uLbbqP39rP @JordiWild @TheWildProject8 Jordi, tocallo, te retan!!!!.... Echale un ojo que te molará el tema hipnosis herman!! Que este tema da para muchisimo!!

May 9, 2021 · 301 followers View post →
Хранитель реальности
@KosterNews · X

@TolkovyyDoctor Проблема, имеющаяся у каждого второго, как говорят исследования https://t.co/Sw5qrTlmxu

Aug 27, 2019 · 191 followers View post →
BystandersUK
@BystandersUK · X

RT @Barbara99750452: Alan Scoboria, Kimberley A. Wade, D. Stephen Lindsay, Tanjeem Azad, Deryn Strange, James Ost & Ira E. Hyman (2017) A m…

Feb 16, 2019 · 1 share · 3,405 followers View post →
Barbara Gonzalez
@barbaralg_psico · X

Alan Scoboria, Kimberley A. Wade, D. Stephen Lindsay, Tanjeem Azad, Deryn Strange, James Ost & Ira E. Hyman (2017) A mega-analysis of memory reports from eight peer-reviewed false memory implantation studies, Memory, 25:2, 146-163, DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2016.1260747 https://t.co/jCnbM9wR4m

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