Is it bad memory, or a trick your brain plays? “Worried baby boomers who can’t remember where they put the keys may

fear they’re looking at a future of dementia, or at least one of elderly

befuddlement. But Harvard psychologist Daniel Schacter says it’s not

necessarily so. The blips and gaps of memory that plague people as they

age are normal, and may even be vital to a sharp mind.

In his new book, The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and

Remembers, Schacter offers insight into common

malfunctions of the mind.” USAToday