Daniel Schacter

Daniel Lawrence Schacter (born June 17, 1952) is an American psychologist. He is William R. Kenan, Jr.'s endowed 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.

Daniel Schacter
Born (1952-06-17) June 17, 1952
Scarsdale, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA)
University of Toronto (MA and PhD)
Occupation(s)Professor of psychology at Harvard University, author
Known forHuman memory and amnesia
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.