The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers

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The Seven Sins of

Memory HOW THE MIND FORGETS AND REMEMBERS

DANIEL L. SCHACTER

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NEW YORK

2001

Copyright © 2.001 by Daniel L. Schacter For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, :1.15 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. Visit our Web site: www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schacter, Daniel L. The seven sins of memory: how the mind forgets and remembers I Daniel L. Schacter.

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Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-618-04019-6 I.

Memory disorders.

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Memory.

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