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- Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780618040193
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618040196
ISBN-13
9780618040193
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1857660
Product Key Features
Book Title
Seven Sins of Memory : How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
Number of Pages
270 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Psychology
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-053885
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Clear, entertaining and provocative....The book encourages a newappreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory., Encourages a new appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory and how it affects our daily lives., Compelling in its science and its probing examination of everyday life...a delightful book, lively and clear., "...Schacter guides his readers on a fascinating journey of the human mind." Library Journal "A lively and well-written survey, spiced up with incidents from recent headlines." Kirkus Reviews "Clear, entertaining and provocative....The book encourages a new appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory." The Seattle Times "Compelling in its science and its probing examination of everyday life...a delightful book, lively and clear." The Chicago Tribune "Schacter offers insight into common malfunctions of the mind." USA Today "Encourages a new appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory and how it affects our daily lives." The Seattle Times
Dewey Decimal
153.1/2
Table Of Content
Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: A Blessing Bestowed by the Gods 1 1. The Sin of Transience 12 2. The Sin of Absent-mindedness 41 3. The Sin of Blocking 61 4. The Sin of Misattribution 88 5. The Sin of Suggestibility 112 6. The Sin of Bias 138 7. The Sin of Persistence 161 8. The Seven Sins: Vices or Virtues? 184 Notes 207 Bibliography 230 Index 259
Edition Description
Teacher's edition
Synopsis
Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University's Psychology Department and a leading expert on memory, has developed the Trst framework that describes the basic memory miscues we all encounter. Just like the seven deadly sins, the seven memory sins appear routinely in everyday life. Although we may hate these difTculties, as Schacter notes, they're surprisingly vital to a keen mind. Schacter, whose previous trade book, SEARCHING FOR MEMORY, was called "splendidly lucid" (The New Yorker), offers vivid examples of the memory sins -- for example, the absent-mindedness that plagued both a national memory champion and a violinist who forgot that he had placed a priceless Stradivarius on top of his car before driving off. The author also delves into the recent research -- such as imaging that shows memories being formed in the brain -- that has led him to develop his framework. Together, the stories and the scientific findings examined in THE SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY provide a fascinating new look at our brains, and at what we more generally think of as our minds. THE SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY is a groundbreaking work that will provide great reassurance to everyone, from twenty-somethings who find their lives are too busy, to baby boomers who mutter about "early Alzheimer's," to senior citizens who worry about how much (or how little) they can recall., Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University's Psychology Department and a leading expert on memory, has developed the Trst framework that describes the basic memory miscues we all encounter. Just like the seven deadly sins, the seven memory sins appear routinely in everyday life. Although we may hate these difTculties, as Schacter notes, they're surprisingly vital to a keen mind. Schacter, whose previous trade book, SEARCHING FOR MEMORY, was called "splendidly lucid" (The New Yorker), offers vivid examples of the memory sins -- for example, the absent-mindedness that plagued both a national memory champion and a violinist who forgot that he had placed a priceless Stradivarius on top of his car before driving off. The author also delves into the recent research -- such as imaging that shows memories being formed in the brain -- that has ledhim to develop his framework. Together, the stories and the scientific findings examined in THE SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY provide a fascinating new look at our brains, and at what we more generally think of as our minds. THE SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY is a groundbreaking work that will provide great reassurance to everyone, from twenty-somethings who find their lives are too busy, to baby boomers who mutter about "early Alzheimer's," to senior citizens who worry about how much (or how little) they can recall.
LC Classification Number
BF376.S33 2001
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