The Invisible Gorilla

“Entertaining and illuminating”Dan Ariely, New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational

“A riveting romp across the landscape of our psychological misperceptions.”Nicholas A. Christakis, Professor, Harvard Medical School

“This book will delight all who seek depth and insight into the wonder and complexities of cognition”Jerome Groopman, Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School

“breathtaking and insightful”Richard Wiseman, author of Quirkology

“Like its authors, the book is both funny and smart”Joseph T. Hallinan, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Why We Make Mistakes

“incredibly engaging…a must-read”Elizabeth Loftus, author of Memory and Eyewitness Testimony

“engaging, accurate and packed with real-world examples – some of which made me laugh out loud”Sandra Aamodt, co-author of Welcome To Your Brain

“not just witty and engaging, but also insightful”Thomas W. Malone, author of The Future of Work and founder of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

“The Invisible Gorilla should be required reading by every judge and jury member in our criminal justice system, along with every battlefield commander, corporate CEO, and, well, you and I”Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of Why People Believe Weird Things

“Clever, illuminating, by turns shocking and delightful, this book will change a lot of your bad habits and could even save your life”Margaret Heffernan, CEO and author of Women on Top

Christopher F. Chabris and Daniel J. Simons won the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize in Psychology for Gorillas in Our Midst.

Chabris is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Union College, New York. He was formerly a Research Associate in the Psychology Department at Harvard. His research has received extensive media coverage worldwide.

Simons is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois.