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Christopher Chabris

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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.
* [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
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