DANIEL L. SCHACTER is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology of Harvard University. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and received numerous awards for his research, including the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association and the Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. He is the author of many books on memory and neuropsychology, including Searching for Memory, which received praise as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and won the American Psychological Association's William James Book Award, as did the first edition of The Sevens Sins of Memory. Schacter lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
"...Schacter guides his readers on a fascinating journey of the
human mind." Library Journal "A lively and well-written survey,
spiced up with incidents from recent headlines." Kirkus Reviews
"Clear, entertaining and provocative....The book encourages a new
appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory." The
Seattle Times "Compelling in its science and its probing
examination of everyday life...a delightful book, lively and
clear." The Chicago Tribune "Schacter offers insight into common
malfunctions of the mind." USA Today "Encourages a new appreciation
of the complexity and fragility of memory and how it affects our
daily lives." The Seattle Times
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