What does it mean to forget child sexual abuse? A reply to Loftus, Garry, and Feldman (1994).

This reply to the comment article of E. Loftus, M. Garry, and J. Feldman (1994) focuses primarily on responding to major points raised by these authors. E. Loftus et al. agreed with the conclusion that the best scientific evidence shows that people can and do forget child sexual abuse. The present reply elaborates on this. Apparently, can take place even when the abuse occurred when the child was older, had experienced dramatic events surrounding the abuse, or had suffered repeated molestation. It is argued here that research suggests that memory of child sexual abuse may be influenced by more than the simple forgetting that E. Loftus et al. suggested.