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'''Christopher F. (Chris) Chabris''',<br/>
an American [[Psychology|psychologist]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscientist neuroscientist], computer scientist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation USCF] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_master chess master], chess writer and columnist.
He is known as co-author along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons] of the book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Gorilla The Invisible Gorilla]'' published in 2010 <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons] ('''2010, 2011'''). ''[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/buy_book.html The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us]''.</ref>. This title of this book refers to an earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness#Invisible_Gorilla_Test research project] of Chabris and Simons revealing that people who are focused on one thing can easily overlook something else, awarded with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize Ig Nobel Prize] <ref>[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6468-invisible-gorilla-steals-ig-nobel-prize.html Invisible gorilla steals Ig Nobel prize] by [http://www.jeffhecht.com/ Jeff Hecht], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Scientist New Scientist], October 01, 2004</ref>.
Christopher Chabris received his B.A. in computer science and Ph.D. in psychology from [[Harvard University]], where he was also a lecturer and research associate for many years, and is currently assistant professor of psychology at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_College Union College] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenectady Schenectady], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York New York], adjunct assistant professor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurology Neurology] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Medical_College Albany Medical College] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Center_for_Collective_Intelligence Center for Collective Intelligence] <ref>[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/biographies.html The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - about the authors] by [[Christopher Chabris]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons]</ref>.
His research interests focuses on how people differ from one another in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental mental] abilities and patterns of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior behavior], and how [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness cognitive illusions] affect our decisions.
As computer science student at Harvard in the late 80s, when he was rated among the top 50 chess players in the U.S. under 21 years of age with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#United_States_Chess_Federation_ratings USCF rating] of 2206 <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n2/chess.html Reviews: The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament]''. [https://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?issue=startv2n2 STart Vol. 2, No. 2]</ref>,
he wrote on [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] with [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]], and reported on computer chess tournaments <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
* [[Atari ST]]
* [[Cognition]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1995]]
* [[William Chase#Perception|Perception]]
* [[William Chase#Video|Perception - Video]]
* [[Psychology]]
* [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]]
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-F.-Chabris/e/B001HQ3YL8/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Amazon.com: Christopher F. Chabris: Books, Biography]</ref> <ref>[https://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chabris:Christopher_F= dblp: Christopher F. Chabris]</ref>
==1987 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n2/chess.html Reviews: The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament]''. [https://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?issue=startv2n2 STart Vol. 2, No. 2] » [[Atari ST]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1987, 1989'''). ''Artificial Intelligence and Turbo Pascal - Book and Disk''. Irwin Professional Pub, [https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Turbo-Pascal-Book/dp/0870949632/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352556486&sr=1-10 amazon.com] » [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The 4th Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Chess Challange''. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1993]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1995'''). ''American Chess Journal 1''. H3 Inc
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1995'''). ''American Chess Journal 2''. H3 Inc
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1996'''). ''American Chess Journal 3''. H3 Inc
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1996'''). ''Report on the Sixth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer-Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#19_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1]] » [[Harvard Cup 1995]]
* [http://www.glicko.net/ Mark E. Glickman], [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1996'''). ''Using Chess Ratings as Data in Psychological Research''. [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1ffd/3432f56476f0047426b37f7f433f5a6575b0.pdf pdf]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff], [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1997'''). ''The complete idiot's guide to chess''. Alpha Books, [https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Chess-Third/dp/1592573169/ref=dp_ob_title_bk amazon.com]
==2000 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Eliot Hearst]] ('''2003'''). ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0364021303000326 Visualization, Pattern Recognition and Forward Search: Effects of Playing Speed and Sight of the Position on Grandmaster Chess Errors]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_Science_Society Cognitive Science], Vol. 27, No. 4
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff], [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''2005'''). ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess''. Third Edition, Alpha Books, [https://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Idiots-Guide-Chess/dp/0028617363 amazon.com]
==2010 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons] ('''2010, 2011'''). ''[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/buy_book.html The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us]''.
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''2017'''). ''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452201 Six Suggestions for Research on Games in Cognitive Science]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topics_in_Cognitive_Science topiCS], Vol. 9
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/72d2c4286ba38eac Sixth Harvard Cup UPDATE] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 18, 1995
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/a1b865d5680fb366 Humans win Sixth Harvard Cup, 23.5-12.5] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcm]], December 29, 1995
* [https://plus.google.com/102708274929263183253/posts/Q1CU52vvJsT Reply to Jonah Lehrer’s “On Bad Reviews” Christopher Chabris] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B Google+], May 14, 2012 <ref>[http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/jonah_lehrer_interviews_christopher_chabris Jonah Lehrer Interviews Christopher Chabris | The Creativity Post], August 01, 2012</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lehrer Jonah Lehrer from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chabris Christopher Chabris from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/biographies.html The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - about the authors] by [[Christopher Chabris]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons]
* [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2005263 Chabris, Christopher FIDE Chess Profile]
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/Christopher_Chabris Christopher Chabris chess games - 365Chess.com]
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-kings-of-chess-are-computers-1420827071 The Real Kings of Chess Are Computers] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal The Wall Street Journal], January 9, 2015 » [[TCEC Season 7]]
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-computer-chess-game-1420826910 Anatomy of a Computer Chess Game] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal The Wall Street Journal], January 9, 2015 » on [[TCEC Season 7#G14|Game 14]] of the [[TCEC Season 7#Superfinal|Superfinal]]
* [http://blog.chabris.com/2015/01/martin-thoresens-world-chess.html Martin Thoresen's World Chess Championship] by [[Christopher Chabris]], January 10, 2015 » [[Martin Thoresen]], [[TCEC]], [[TCEC Season 7]]
* [[Christopher Chabris|Chris Chabris]: [https://archive.org/details/ChrisChabris-2010 When Intuition Fails], [https://poptech.org/ PopTech] 2010, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59js7dcie08?rel=0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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[[FILE:Christopher Chabris October 2012.jpg|border|right|thumb| Christopher Chabris <ref>Christopher Chabris speaking at PopTech 2012, Northport, Maine, US, October 15, 2012, Photo by Agaton Strom for PopTech, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chabris Christopher Chabris from Wikipedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Christopher F. (Chris) Chabris''',<br/>
an American [[Psychology|psychologist]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscientist neuroscientist], computer scientist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation USCF] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_master chess master], chess writer and columnist.
He is known as co-author along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons] of the book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Gorilla The Invisible Gorilla]'' published in 2010 <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons] ('''2010, 2011'''). ''[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/buy_book.html The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us]''.</ref>. This title of this book refers to an earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness#Invisible_Gorilla_Test research project] of Chabris and Simons revealing that people who are focused on one thing can easily overlook something else, awarded with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize Ig Nobel Prize] <ref>[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6468-invisible-gorilla-steals-ig-nobel-prize.html Invisible gorilla steals Ig Nobel prize] by [http://www.jeffhecht.com/ Jeff Hecht], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Scientist New Scientist], October 01, 2004</ref>.
Christopher Chabris received his B.A. in computer science and Ph.D. in psychology from [[Harvard University]], where he was also a lecturer and research associate for many years, and is currently assistant professor of psychology at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_College Union College] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenectady Schenectady], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York New York], adjunct assistant professor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurology Neurology] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Medical_College Albany Medical College] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Center_for_Collective_Intelligence Center for Collective Intelligence] <ref>[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/biographies.html The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - about the authors] by [[Christopher Chabris]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons]</ref>.
His research interests focuses on how people differ from one another in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental mental] abilities and patterns of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior behavior], and how [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness cognitive illusions] affect our decisions.
As computer science student at Harvard in the late 80s, when he was rated among the top 50 chess players in the U.S. under 21 years of age with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#United_States_Chess_Federation_ratings USCF rating] of 2206 <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n2/chess.html Reviews: The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament]''. [https://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?issue=startv2n2 STart Vol. 2, No. 2]</ref>,
he wrote on [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] with [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]], and reported on computer chess tournaments <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
* [[Atari ST]]
* [[Cognition]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1995]]
* [[William Chase#Perception|Perception]]
* [[William Chase#Video|Perception - Video]]
* [[Psychology]]
* [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]]
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-F.-Chabris/e/B001HQ3YL8/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Amazon.com: Christopher F. Chabris: Books, Biography]</ref> <ref>[https://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chabris:Christopher_F= dblp: Christopher F. Chabris]</ref>
==1987 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n2/chess.html Reviews: The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament]''. [https://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?issue=startv2n2 STart Vol. 2, No. 2] » [[Atari ST]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1987, 1989'''). ''Artificial Intelligence and Turbo Pascal - Book and Disk''. Irwin Professional Pub, [https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Turbo-Pascal-Book/dp/0870949632/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352556486&sr=1-10 amazon.com] » [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The 4th Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Chess Challange''. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1993]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1995'''). ''American Chess Journal 1''. H3 Inc
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1995'''). ''American Chess Journal 2''. H3 Inc
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1996'''). ''American Chess Journal 3''. H3 Inc
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1996'''). ''Report on the Sixth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer-Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#19_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1]] » [[Harvard Cup 1995]]
* [http://www.glicko.net/ Mark E. Glickman], [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1996'''). ''Using Chess Ratings as Data in Psychological Research''. [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1ffd/3432f56476f0047426b37f7f433f5a6575b0.pdf pdf]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff], [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''1997'''). ''The complete idiot's guide to chess''. Alpha Books, [https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Chess-Third/dp/1592573169/ref=dp_ob_title_bk amazon.com]
==2000 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Eliot Hearst]] ('''2003'''). ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0364021303000326 Visualization, Pattern Recognition and Forward Search: Effects of Playing Speed and Sight of the Position on Grandmaster Chess Errors]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_Science_Society Cognitive Science], Vol. 27, No. 4
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff], [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''2005'''). ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess''. Third Edition, Alpha Books, [https://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Idiots-Guide-Chess/dp/0028617363 amazon.com]
==2010 ...==
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons] ('''2010, 2011'''). ''[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/buy_book.html The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us]''.
* [[Christopher Chabris]] ('''2017'''). ''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452201 Six Suggestions for Research on Games in Cognitive Science]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topics_in_Cognitive_Science topiCS], Vol. 9
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/72d2c4286ba38eac Sixth Harvard Cup UPDATE] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 18, 1995
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/a1b865d5680fb366 Humans win Sixth Harvard Cup, 23.5-12.5] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcm]], December 29, 1995
* [https://plus.google.com/102708274929263183253/posts/Q1CU52vvJsT Reply to Jonah Lehrer’s “On Bad Reviews” Christopher Chabris] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B Google+], May 14, 2012 <ref>[http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/jonah_lehrer_interviews_christopher_chabris Jonah Lehrer Interviews Christopher Chabris | The Creativity Post], August 01, 2012</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lehrer Jonah Lehrer from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chabris Christopher Chabris from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/biographies.html The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - about the authors] by [[Christopher Chabris]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons Daniel Simons]
* [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2005263 Chabris, Christopher FIDE Chess Profile]
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/Christopher_Chabris Christopher Chabris chess games - 365Chess.com]
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-kings-of-chess-are-computers-1420827071 The Real Kings of Chess Are Computers] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal The Wall Street Journal], January 9, 2015 » [[TCEC Season 7]]
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-computer-chess-game-1420826910 Anatomy of a Computer Chess Game] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal The Wall Street Journal], January 9, 2015 » on [[TCEC Season 7#G14|Game 14]] of the [[TCEC Season 7#Superfinal|Superfinal]]
* [http://blog.chabris.com/2015/01/martin-thoresens-world-chess.html Martin Thoresen's World Chess Championship] by [[Christopher Chabris]], January 10, 2015 » [[Martin Thoresen]], [[TCEC]], [[TCEC Season 7]]
* [[Christopher Chabris|Chris Chabris]: [https://archive.org/details/ChrisChabris-2010 When Intuition Fails], [https://poptech.org/ PopTech] 2010, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59js7dcie08?rel=0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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