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Daniel Simons

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Dan Simons is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois. He earned his BA in psychology and cognitive science from Carleton College and his PhD in experimental psychology from Cornell University. He then spent five years on the faculty at Harvard University before moving to Illinois in 2002.

Simons's scholarly research focuses on the limits of human perception, memory, and awareness, and he is best known for his research showing that people are far less aware of their visual surroundings than they think. His studies and demonstrations have been exhibited in more than a dozen science museums worldwide.

In his spare time, he enjoys juggling, bridge, and chess.

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How experts recall chess positions

In 2011, a computer (Watson) outplayed two human Jeopardy champions. In 1997, chess computer Deep Blue defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov. In both cases, the computer "solved" the game—found the right questions or good moves—differently than humans do. Defeating humans in these domains took years of research and programming by teams of engineers, but only with huge advantages in speed, effic

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Average rating: 3.91 · 14,628 ratings · 861 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us 3.91 avg rating — 14,845 ratings — published 2010 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It by Daniel Simons, Christopher Chabris 3.89 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forward Day by Day: May, June, July 2013 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Change Blindness and Visual Memory: A Special Issue of Visual Cognition 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Haze of Secrecy : Acces to Environmental Information in Malaysia by Dini Widiastuti, Daniel Simons, Peter Noorlander it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het geheim van de blauwe dolfijn 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nessuno è stupido: Perché ci lasciamo ingannare e cosa possiamo fare per evitarlo by Daniel Simons, Christopher Chabris 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We pay attention to what we are told to attend to, or what we're looking for, or what we already know...what we see is amazingly limited.”
― Daniel Simons

tags: mental-limits, psychology

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“people will focus on procedures and not notice anything that isn't just part of the procedures”
― Daniel Simons

tags: mental-limits, psychology

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“Remaining uncertain can be aversive and does not necessarily come naturally, but it is a habit we should cultivate whenever we can. We don’t need to distrust everything we hear, but we should make a practice of taking a beat, remaining uncertain, and asking ourselves, “Is that really true?”
― Daniel Simons, Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It

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