... been the crux of hypothetical and experimental research from which Loftus feels validates her position on the fallacy of repressed memories. The ease in which "memories" are implanted via her experiments is testament to not only the power of suggestion but also the malleability of the human psyche when the motive to please supplants the desire to cling to the truth. She does go on to say, however, that she is aware of these differences. She comments: Of course, being lost, however frightening, is not the same as being abused. But the lost-in-the-mall study is not about real experiences of being lost; it is about planting false memories of being lost." For Kluft, the subject at hand is the real experience of (figuratively) being "lost" whether by an abuse or a mental disorder such as DID or PTSD. In essence, they are comparing "apples with oranges." The ...

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