Daniel Schacter
Daniel Schacter | |
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| Born | June 17, 1952 Scarsdale, New York, U.S. |
| Known for | Human memory and amnesia |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) University of Toronto (MA, PhD) |
| Endel Tulving | |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto University of Arizona Harvard University |
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.