DANIEL L. SCHACTER is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of
Psychology in the Psychology Department 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 which won the American
Psychological Association's William James Book Award, as did The
Sevens Sins of Memory. Schacter lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
Dan Woren is an American voice actor and Earphones Award-winning
narrator. He has worked extensively in animation, video games, and
feature films. He is best known for his many roles in anime
productions such as Bleach and as the voice of Sub-Zero in the
video game Mortal Kombat.
Clear, entertaining, and provocative...Encourages a new
appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory.-- " Seattle
Times"
Compelling in its science and its probing examination of everyday
life, The Seven Sins of Memory is also a delightful book, lively
and clear. -- "Chicago Tribune"
Drawing upon recent neuroimaging research that allows a glimpse of
the brain as it learns and remembers, Schacter guides his readers
on a fascinating journey.-- "Library Journal"
Should be required reading for police, lawyers, psychologists, and
anyone else who wants to understand how memory can go terribly
wrong.-- " Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
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