Memories Of Sexual Abuse, Trauma Remain Accurate Into Adulthood (scienceblog.com)
Adults can accurately recall traumatic events from childhood, including instances of sexual abuse, a new article shows. This has prompted the researchers to advocate for investigation of childhood abuse claims made by people who come forward as adults. “Time alone should not be a bar to hearing evidence about prior sexual assault,” said FIU legal psychologist Deborah Goldfarb, who is a co-author on the paper. “The evidence should be heard on its merits and arbiters of fact can then make an...