rigorousintuition.ca

For anyone wondering:

The lecture itself is only ~30 mins long

It takes a very conversational style and is not at all dry or inaccessible to those who are unfamiliar with psychological research

It addresses experiences of memory, false/retrieved memory, sleep paralysis, and (briefly) culturally available reservoirs of meaning which can explain what feels like the inexplicable

It is very grounded in scientific skepticism and scientific methodology

It clearly outlines the scientific perspective on "alien abductions"

It is not at unsympathetic or derisive of people who claim to have been abducted

Overall this is a fascinating topic, it's very easy to listen to and walks the fine line of using interesting anecdotes and perspectives in order to navigate many aspects of the topic while keeping it light, entertaining, and engaging but at the same time the scientific perspective is also given plenty of space without making it heavy, dry, or excessively academic in tone.

This one gets a recommendation from me, especially if you are interested in abnormal psychology, memory, skepticism, or psychology in general.

Does anyone know offhand whence came her funding?

In January 2010, Perseus Books published her book The Trauma Myth,[6] in which she suggests that child sexual abuse is rarely a traumatic experience for the victims at the time it occurs, and is instead described by victims as confusing.[7] She argues that later in life, after the memories are processed, examined, and more fully understood, the experience becomes traumatic.

Clancy writes in “The Trauma Myth” that when she arrived at Harvard in 1996, the trauma theory held that “a child will only participate in abuse if forced, threatened, or explicitly coerced” (p. 41). Then she interviewed victims and learned, “They did not fight it. It was not done against their will. They went along... only 5% tried to stop it” (p. 41). Clancy concludes that since sexual abuse of children is not violent per se, the millions of victims who did not experience their sex abuse as traumatic grapple with crippling thoughts of shame, embarrassment, and self-blame, thus compounding their suffering. She advocates for a refined understanding of the immediate effects of child sex abuse in order to better help those who are excluded from a clinical and popular culture that embraces the trauma model.