occurrences. In a study as far back as 1962, for example, medical scientist Theodore Barber29 from Boston University found that many of those to whom it is suggested that they are being regressed to their early childhood display childlike behaviour and claim they relive their memories. When examined further, however, the responses given by these ‘regressed’ participants does not match what children would actually do, say, feel or perceive. Barber argues that it may feel to patients as if they are reliving their early years, but in actuality such experiences are creative re-enactments rather
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