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tion of forgetting to recol- lection error, as well as about the role that lack of confidence in one's memory plays in resisting false suggestions (Loftus, 1996; Rubin & Wenzel, 1996; Wickens, 1998; Wixted, 2004). There are legitimate con- cerns that delay can lead to increased guessing, schema- driven

ildhood genital contact is paramount, with concerns about inac- curacies amplified when the adults have trauma histories (Conway, 2013; Howe, 2013; Loftus, 1996; Otgaar, Muds, Howe, & Merchkelback, 2017). Society is grappling with how to respond to such cases (D. A. Connolly, Chong, Coburn, & Lutgens

ncounters, including as intensified in vulner- able individuals by debated clinical techniques (Bot- toms, Shaver, & Goodman, 1996; Lilienfeld, 2015; Loftus, 1996). Yet clinical and memory theories should also address the matter of enduring memories for genital touch actually experienced in childhood.

shed light on this issue, we analyzed adults' memories for verified childhood genital contact after an 18-to-20-year delay. Corresponding Author Gail S. Goodman, Department of Psychology, University of California, One Shields Ave.. Davis. CA 95616 E-mail. pasordnianerucdaviciedu 3534-013 Page 1 of 16 EFT

120304 Racial. ethnic. and cultural factors of childhood sexual abuse: A selected review of the literature. Clinical Pnrhokm Review. 20. 905-922. Loftus. E.F. Gany.M. & Felten:kJ 119944 Foramina sexual imam*: What does nn mean when 3844 forget? Journal of Coasalring and Cluical Psychelogv. 62. 177- 1

sms supercede normal memory processes. Some researchers argue that traumatic and benign events are subject to identical cognitive operations (e.g., Loftus, Garry, & Feldman. 1994; Shobe & Kihlstrom• 1997). According to this view, traumatic experiences, like nontraumatic ones, can be forgotten over ti

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE A Prospective Study of Memory for Child Sexual Abuse: New Findings Relevant to the Repressed-Memory Controversy Author(s): Gail S. Goodman, Simone Ghetti, .Todi A. Quas, Robin S. Edelstein, Kristen Weede Alexander, Allison D. Redlich, Ingrid M. Cordon and David P. H. Tones Source: Psyc

ggestibility in the Assessment of Abused and Neglected Children National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect Mitchell Eisen, Principal Investigator, Gail S. Goodman, Co-Principal Investigator 1994 - 1998 $390,000 (main grant); $90,000 subcontract to Goodman Benchbook on Child Witnesses State Justice Institute

en's courtroom testimony. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO. Goodman, G. S., Sr Loftus, G. R. (1981, August). Relevancy and expectancy: Visual scanning and memory for action scenes. In A. Graesser (Chair), The use of schemata in human