Daniel Schacter | |
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| Born | June 17, 1952 Scarsdale, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) University of Toronto (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of psychology at Harvard University, author |
| Known for | Human memory and amnesia |
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.[1] 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.