The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
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Illustrating decades of research with compelling and often bizarre examples of glitches and miscues, Daniel L. Schacter's The Seven Sins of Memory dusts off an old topic and finds material of both practical and theoretical interest. Chairman of Harvard's Department of Psychology, Schacter knows his stuff and how to present it memorably. Organizing the book by examining each of seven "sins," such as absent-mindedness and suggestibility, Schacter slowly builds his case that these sometimes enraging bugs are actually side effects of system features we wouldn't want to do without. For example, when we foc
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Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Release date: 7 May 2002
ISBN-10 : 0618219196 | ISBN-13: 9780618219193
Release date: 7 May 2002
ISBN-10 : 0618219196 | ISBN-13: 9780618219193
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