<Li> It is possible for memories of abuse that have been forgotten for a long time to be remembered; </Li> <Li> It is also possible to construct convincing pseudo-memories for events that never occurred; and </Li> <Li> There are gaps in our knowledge about the processes that lead to accurate and inaccurate recollections of childhood abuse . </Li> <P> Many critics believe that memories may be distorted and false . Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus questions the concept of repressed memories and the possibility of them being accurate . Loftus focuses on techniques that therapists use in order to help the patients recover their memory . Such techniques include age regression, guided visualization, trance writing, dream work, body work, and hypnosis . Loftus' research indicates that repressed memory faces problems, such as memory alteration . In one case a teenage boy was able to "conjure a memory of an event that never occurred ." According to Loftus, if a stable person could be influenced to remember an event that never occurred, an emotionally stressed person would be even more susceptible . Writer Mark Pendergrast has denounced the theory of repressed memories and its applications in sex abuse cases, including in particular the Jerry Sandusky case . </P>

Where are repressed memories stored in the brain