Seven Sins of Memory How the Mind Forgets and Remembers

Name: Seven Sins of Memory How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
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ISBN: 9780618219193

ISBN-10: 0618219196

ISBN-13: 9780618219193

Edition: 2001

Authors: Daniel L. Schacter

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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…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Blessing Bestowed by the Gods



The Sin of Transience



The Sin of Absent-mindedness



The Sin of Blocking



The Sin of Misattribution



The Sin of Suggestibility



The Sin of Bias



The Sin of Persistence



The Seven Sins: Vices or Virtues?


Notes


Bibliography


Index