The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ is also flawless. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.35 x 6.35 x 1 inches) . Extensive Notes, Bibliography. Index. Illustrated in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 20.4 ounces. Hardcover with DJ. Daniel L. Schacter (born 1952) is an American psychologist. He is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His research has focused on psychological and biological aspects of human memory and amnesia, with a particular emphasis on the distinction between conscious and nonconscious forms of memory and, more recently, on brain mechanisms of memory and brain distortion, and memory and future simulation. Here he describes how the brain stores and recalls information as he describes seven key problems with memory--transience, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; x, 272 pages .