Daniel L. Schacter
· William R. Kenan, Jr. ProfessorHarvard University · Human Development and Psychology
Active 1976–2026
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About
Dr. Daniel L. Schacter is associated with Harvard University's Schacter Memory Lab, which focuses on understanding the nature and function of human memory. His work involves research into the mechanisms underlying memory processes, aiming to deepen the scientific understanding of how memory functions in humans. The lab is based at William James Hall, located at 33 Kirkland Street, Floor 8, Cambridge, MA. Further details about his specific background, academic credentials, or key contributions are not provided in the available page text.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Psychology
- Cognitive psychology
- Political Science
- Social psychology
- Cognitive science
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Epistemology
Selected publications
Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2020 · 334 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingMisinformation causes serious harm, from sowing doubt in modern medicine to inciting violence. Older adults are especially susceptible - they shared the most fake news during the 2016 US election. The most intuitive explanation for this pattern blames cognitive deficits. While older adults forget where they learned information, fluency remains intact and decades of accumulated knowledge helps them evaluate claims. Thus, cognitive declines cannot fully explain older adults' engagement with fake n…
The role of memory in creative ideation
Nature Reviews Psychology · 2023 · 171 citations
Deliberating trade-offs with the future
Nature Human Behaviour · 2020 · 94 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingBehaviour Research and Therapy · 2024-03-22 · 12 citations
articleOpen accessCreative Evaluation: The Role of Memory in Novelty & Effectiveness Judgements
Creativity Research Journal · 2024-03-05 · 7 citations
articleOpen accessSenior author=-.39) between novelty and effectiveness ratings. Ordinal logistic regression models indicate that perceptual detail and temporal orientation of evaluations are predictive of novelty and effectiveness ratings. We show that people refer more to the past when evaluating familiar, effective ideas; conversely, people refer more to the future when evaluating highly novel, less effective ideas. Overall, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that episodic retrieval supports the evaluation of…
Recent grants
NIH · $558k · 1995
NIH · $597k · 2002
NIH · $3.8M · 1998
Frequent coauthors
- 103 shared
Donna Rose Addis
University of Toronto
- 88 shared
Henry L. Roediger
Washington University in St. Louis
- 84 shared
Larry L. Jacoby
- 82 shared
Robyn M. Dawes
- 82 shared
Robert Rosenthal
- 82 shared
Richard Lempert
- 82 shared
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
- 81 shared
Elizabeth A. Kensinger
Boston College
Education
- 1976
B.A., Psychology
Princeton University
- 1981
Ph.D., Psychology
Stanford University
Awards & honors
- William James Book Award from the American Psychological Ass…
- Notable Books of the Year by the New York Times for Searchin…
- Notable Books of the Year by the New York Times for The Seve…
- Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists
- Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the Am…
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