In the study of false memory, developmental research on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) illusion has played a pivotal role in theory evaluation and forensic application. The extensive developmental DRM literature (55 experiments published in English-language journals) provided the first clear evidence that false memories can increase dramatically from early childhood onward, whereas traditional ideas about cognitive development predict steady declines.

The Science of Law and MeMory eric ZeMber, charLeS J. brainerd, VaLerie f. reyna, and KiMberLy a. KopKo This chapter focuses on the science of false memory and how it can be translated and applied to the law. we describe a major success story in the translation of basic psychological research to practice: the increasing influence of cognitive psychological findings about human memory and reasoning on the practice of law and the courts. cognitive, social, and other research psychologists have influenced practices of police interrogation, preparation of witnesses for trial, evaluation of the validity of eyewitness testimony, and practices ensuring the credibility of child witnesses. we review new research findings on memory, suggestibility, decision making, evaluation of risks, and neuroscience that we believe constitute the next frontier in the translation of psychology to law and legal practice. pSychoLogy, MeMory, and The Law Multiple events in the late 1980s and early 1990s brought to light some of the problems that can be caused by false memories. There was a recovered memory crisis in psychotherapy, wherein many individuals claimed to have exhumed repressed memories of being sexually abused and traumatized years

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