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free! From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium Recovered
memory is the apparent resurrection of the memory of events that
had been forgotten or suppressed for a long time. Retrograde
amnesia after physical or emotional trauma (i.e., traumatic
amnesia), or the suppression of painful memories from any cause,
is well known. However the mechanisms that lead to recovery of
long forgotten memories are not well understood, and the
authenticity of these recovered memories has often been
challenged; in some cases recovered memories are fictitious,
although in other cases they may be authentic.  The issues
surrounding recovered, or false memories have sparked one of the
greatest controversies in the mental health profession of recent
times. Some researchers have proposed that memories of extreme
trauma are buried in the subconscious by a special process, and
are later reliably recovered. Others co