Daniel Schacter
Daniel Schacter · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Cognitive neuroscientist known for research on memory and its distortions
1952, USA
United States
Daniel Schacter is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Cognitive neuroscientist known for research on memory and its distortions
Daniel L. Schacter is an American cognitive neuroscientist and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, celebrated for his research on human memory and its distortions. His books 'Searching for Memory' and 'The Seven Sins of Memory' distilled decades of work on how memory can fail, mislead and reconstruct the past. He is listed among Jewish figures in Jewish biographical compilations; mainstream biographies do not detail his religious background.
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Cognitive neuroscientist known for research on memory and its distortions
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