Others questioned Bettina Aptheker's credibility, classing her account in stories of "recovered memory."

Some of what I saw was real . . . valid recovered memories, Henry might say.

Adrienne didn't remember the details, but it had something to do with "recovered memory"--at least, she thought it had.

How can we tell whether "recovered memories" are accurate?

Because these concepts lack good empirical support, psychological scientists are skeptical about the validity of "recovered memories," and argue that some therapists, through suggestive techniques, have (un)knowingly encouraged false memories of victimization.

The field of memory research was rocked by several criminal prosecutions in the 1980's and early 1990's that were based partly on "recovered memories."

For a therapeutic community on the defensive because of growing skepticism about "recovered memory," here was striking new evidence of adult sexual crimes against children.

Barden has participated as an attorney or consultant in dozens of lawsuits against "recovered memory" therapists.

Like other highly disputed cases of its kind, the Wenatchee trial hinged in part on the reliability of "recovered memory" therapy and testimony from suggestible children.

By now, Jerle had exhausted what little there was of his recovered memory, and there was nothing for any of them to do but to press on until something in Bremen's vision recalled itself.