The nightmare began for Mary Mewes the day her only daughter, Robin, suddenly disappeared Sept. 15, 1990. It continued for 15 years, until last week, when Robin Mewes was finally found, safe and well.

Investigators find woman who vanished in 1990 at age 19 living under new identity

Have you ever wished, while you were polishing off a pint of triple-chocolate gelato in the middle of the night, that an early childhood trauma had made you hate ice cream? Or that your mother had rewarded you for good behavior with spears of asparagus, thus making the consumption of green vegetables a positive experience associated with maternal affection and approval?

BRENTWOOD - For Rhianna Light, it’s over.

Renowned psychologist presents findings to university audience

BRENTWOOD - The evidentiary hearing to determine whether Exeter resident Phillip Bourgelais will go to trial for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter Rhianna Light between the ages of 6 and 7 ended after a full day of rebuttals for both sides on Thursday.

Research on the way people processed media reports about the Iraq war tells us more about how we create our beliefs and memories.

Forget repressed memories for a moment.

People who practise the controversial recovered-memory therapy may soon have to be registered by a professional board, amid concerns that some are unqualified and could cause harm.

EVANSTON, Ill. --- False memories are the controversial subject of hotly contested arguments about the validity of repressed memories that can surface years after a traumatic event and about the credibility of eyewitness accounts in criminal trials.

Startling research strikes at the core of criminal prosecution. Eye witnesses, even confessions, turn out to be unreliable. The detective surveyed the grim scene that had preempted his morning coffee - a 12-year-old girl's slim form sprawled in her bedroom doorway, brown hair still pulled into a neat pony tail, her jeans and purple T-shirt smeared with blood. He was steeling himself for the next step in the investigation: confronting his prime suspect.

Editor's Note: It is the policy of the Hampton Union not to name alleged victims of sexual abuse. In the hope of helping others in her situation, the woman in this story consented to being identified.

BRENTWOOD - Prosecutors began presenting testimony this past week that they hope will convince a superior court judge to clear the way for repressed memories of sexual abuse to be admissible as court evidence.

The Victorian government will reportedly conduct an investigation into the practice of repressed memory therapy.

Alien Abductees Reveal How Emotion Can Cloud Reality

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