About the Research Team
Project Director: Ross E. Cheit

Dr. August Piper, an Advisory Board member to the misnamed “False Memory Syndrome Foundation”, published a critique of the Archive in Ethics and Behavior (1999). Piper’s response was filled with inaccuracies or serious misrepresentations of fact. A detailed account of those errors and omissions was published in the same issue. See, Ross E. Cheit, “Junk Skepticism and Recovered Memory: A Reply to Piper,” (PDF 1.7MB) Ethics and Behavior 9(4),
Dr. August Piper, an Advisory Board member to the misnamed “False Memory Syndrome Foundation”, published a critique of the Archive in Ethics and Behavior (1999). Piper’s response was filled with inaccuracies or serious misrepresentations of fact. A detailed account of those errors and omissions was published in the same issue. See, Ross E. Cheit, “Junk Skepticism and Recovered Memory: A Reply to Piper,” (PDF 1.7MB) Ethics and Behavior 9(4), 295-318. [link in drive] This file contains a lengthy excerpt that documents Piper’s misrepresentations about the seven cases in the Archive which he responded to.
Team Members
Arthi Krishnaswami
UX Architect
Silver Mckie
Research Assistant
Psychology & Contemplative studies, Brown University 2022.
Edie Elliot Granger
Research Assistant
Degree, Brown University 2022
Sage Matsushima
Web & Graphic Designer
Computer Science & Visual Arts
Brown University 2023
Sofia Boracci
Research Assistant
Degree, Brown University 2022
Nara Benoit Kornhauser
Research Assistant & Web Design
Degree, Brown University 2022