Almost all Social Scientists agree, however, that such memories can be accurately recalled when it hurts Republicans.
I said just about the same thing at the same time! Great minds and all...
Accuracy in recall of “repressed” memories can be a tricky thing. There is a level of processing in the human brain, which includes dream sequences, that can become as “real” as actual and experienced interactions with others. It is often in the dream state that these “repressed” memories come to the forefront, but there is also a great deal of emotional content in these recollections, and the nightmarish qualities of the avatar the mind creates to replay the sequence of events is finally more real than the life original.