The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud: "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" v. 6

"In this volume Freud expands his ideas about forgetfulness which we are introduced to in volume III. Forgetting, alteration, substitution and false memory are all key phenomenon in Freud's uncovering of the psyche. This volume contains a chapter on the formation of screen memories - adult experiences are displaced onto childhood memories. This functioning is similar to the process of dreams as are Freud's famous slips of the tongue on which there is a also chapter in this volume. For the analyst, slips of the tongue can be a very useful way of determining underlying or repressed thoughts. But be wary, Freud suggests these slips can be contagious!"
~ Written on 2001-08-03