The Seven Sins of Memory
by Schacter, Daniel L.Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2002-05-07
Publisher(s): Mariner Books
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Summary
A groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost memory experts, THE SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY offers the first framework that explains common memory vices -- and their surprising virtues. In this intriguing study, Daniel L. Schacter explores the memory miscues that occur in everyday life: absent-mindedness, transience, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. Schacter illustrates these concepts with vivid examples -- case studies, literary excerpts, experimental evidence, and accounts of highly visible news events such as the O.J. Simpson verdict, Bill Clinton's grand jury testimony, and the search for the Oklahoma City bomber. He also delves into striking new scientific research, giving us a glimpse of the fascinating neurology of memory. Together, the stories and the scientific results provide a new look at our brains and at what we more generally think of as our minds. Winner of the William James Book Award
Author Biography
Daniel L. Schacter is chairman of the Psychology Department of Harvard University.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: A Blessing Bestowed by the Gods | p. 1 |
| The Sin of Transience | p. 12 |
| The Sin of Absent-mindedness | p. 41 |
| The Sin of Blocking | p. 61 |
| The Sin of Misattribution | p. 88 |
| The Sin of Suggestibility | p. 112 |
| The Sin of Bias | p. 138 |
| The Sin of Persistence | p. 161 |
| The Seven Sins: Vices or Virtues? | p. 184 |
| Notes | p. 207 |
| Bibliography | p. 230 |
| Index | p. 259 |
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