When Meridith Maran thought she had recovered vivid memories of being molested by her father, she withdrew herself and her children from any further contact with him. It was not until nine years later that she realized that her "memories" were a fantasy and finally apologized to her father. Meridith Maran had experienced
A)encoding failure.
B)implicit memory reconstruction.
C)hypnotic age regression.
D)false memory syndrome.

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Meridith Maran's belief that she had recovered memories of being molested, which later turned out to be false, is an example of false memory syndrome. This syndrome involves the creation of fabricated or distorted recollections of events that did not actually happen.

When Meridith Maran Thought She Had Recovered Vivid Memories of Being