My understanding is this kind of memory manipulation appears in many studies and is fairly uncontroversial. Where this gets problematic is in the natural tendency to extrapolate this to other kinds of memory discussions, particularly around those of childhood trauma.
There’s also interesting research being done using brain scans to better understand the dissociative processes that are involved in trauma related memory.
Either way, these kinds of studies can distract from the underlying statistics, which indicate that if someone you know tells you they suspect they were abused as a child, there’s a fairly good probability they’re right. The CDC cites 1 in 4 girls in the United States as being sexually abused, for example.
I found this paper gives a better sense of the terrain from that perspective. https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/ajp.156.5....
There’s also interesting research being done using brain scans to better understand the dissociative processes that are involved in trauma related memory.
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2...
Either way, these kinds of studies can distract from the underlying statistics, which indicate that if someone you know tells you they suspect they were abused as a child, there’s a fairly good probability they’re right. The CDC cites 1 in 4 girls in the United States as being sexually abused, for example.
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childsexualabuse/fast...