Our research explores human memory - impacts of aging, the nature of memory distortions & how individuals use memory to imagine possible future events
Harvard University
Joined August 2022
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Excited to see our work highlighted in today's New York Times article exploring the potential benefits of intentional mind wandering in creative thinking!
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New research in collaboration with @LucasBellaiche now published in the Creativity Research Journal -- Do Individual Differences in Creativity Predict AI-Assisted Art Quality?
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@TarekAmerPhD and I are recruiting a fully funded postdoc to work on studies of memory, visual attention, and aging @uvic. Please share and get in touch!
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Excited to see this one out! Eye movements reinstate remembered locations during episodic simulation. @SchacterLab
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Fantastic and touching symposium remembering Endel Tulving. Great history of his childhood to his many many many contributions to memory! Lots of Endelisms! @SchacterLab @CNSmtg #cns2024
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An incredible line-up for the @CNSmtg session in honour of Endel Tulving today. The room was packed with people, ideas, and incredible affection for a titan of memory. Organised by @SchacterLab. With Gus Craik, @RobertoECabeza @AddisLab Shayna Rosenbaum, Karl Szpunar #Memory
A recent @NPR story on the constructive nature of memory -- Two sisters struggled to remember troubling childhood events until adulthood. A psychologist gave them the language to turn their work into a dance performance. Listen to the full story here:
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I will be recruiting a post-doc at the @PCfN__ to work in neuroaesthetics/creativity. Domain knowledge, quantitative, coding skills, and experience w neuroscience methods (esp fMRI) desirable. Please RT (or RX?).
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Check out our latest work "Creative Evaluation: The Role of Memory in Novelty & Effectiveness Judgements" out now in Creativity Research Journal! Many thanks to my collaborators @Roger_Beaty @BenedekMathias @SchacterLab
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A recent highlight of our research, finding that creative writing involves the integration of semantically distant ideas with perceptually descriptive information in stories from humans and Large Language Models @harvardbrainsci @_CreativeEd
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The Articulate Hour from #PBS concerning memory will be airing on Friday May 5. Tune in to hear artists and scholars discuss the reliability of our recall and the surprising ways our memories fuel creativity.
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Just arrived!! A new book 'Memory in Science for Society' - I wrote a chapter w/ Dan Schacter reviewing how people make decisions about the future.
We cover intertemporal choice, focusing on applied attempts to reduce delay discounting and increase patience.
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I'm recruiting a grad student for Sept 2023 @uvic! If you're interested in memory, aging, and cognitive control (and want to live in a beautiful city), please get in touch and consider applying! Deadline Dec 1st.
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“The Invention of Tomorrow” is out tomorrow!
I would absolutely love to see pics of the book out in the wild as it starts hitting shelves this week - if you see it or get a copy please post / send a photo! #InventionOfTomorrow 🌅
@BasicBooks @sciencefactory
My new book with Thomas Suddendorf and Jon Redshaw, THE INVENTION OF TOMORROW: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FORESIGHT, is a Next Big Idea Club September 2022 Nominee! 🎉 🌅
The book comes out 20th Sep.
@NextBigIdeaClub @BasicBooks @HachetteAus @sciencefactory
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Intentionality of Self-Generated Thought: Contributions of Mind Wandering to Creativity
New paper out in the Creativity Research Journal, exploring contributions of mind wandering to creative thinking. Thanks to my collaborators @SchacterLab @SepulcreLab @neuroeli @IbaiDiezPalacio @chris_a_kelly
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Come join me in beautiful Victoria, BC! I will be recruiting a graduate student for Sep 2023 to work on eyetracking studies of memory and aging @uvic. Contact me if you're interested in applying!
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I'm thrilled to announce Harvard's *third* annual Prospective PhD and RA Event in Psychology (PPREP)! A two-day informational and mentoring event. See details:
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application: bit.ly/3Q8QEz5
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Dr. Eva Higginbotham interviews Dan Schacter about his recently updated edition of his book, The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers.
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New work from @will_orwig, Dan Schacter et al.: "Individuals with highly superior autobiographical memory do not show enhanced creative thinking" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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How does the hippocampus contribute to the retrieval of recent vs remote memories?
Anterior hippocampus is involved in searching for & selecting memories, regardless of memory age.
By @Samaudrain, @aw_gilmore, Jenna Wilson, @SchacterLab, Alex Martin
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