Christopher Chabris
Christopher F. Chabris [ ʃəˈbriː ] (born November 19, 1966 in the USA ) is an American experimental psychologist .
His experiment “Gorillas in our midst” is well-known , in which he and his colleague Daniel Simons (* 1969) demonstrate inattention blindness , i.e. the non-perception of objects due to the limited processing capacity of the human brain . For this they received the Ig Nobel Prize in 2004 .
In 1989 he and his compatriot FM Danny Edelman founded the Harvard Chess Cup at Harvard University , a "man versus machine" chess tournament that took place annually from 1989 to 1995 , the purpose of which was to measure progress in computer chess .
Publications (selection)
- With Daniel Simons: The Invisible Gorilla - How Our Intuitions Deceive Us. Harmony 2011, ISBN 978-0307459664
Web links
- Homepage accessed on November 30, 2017
- Curriculum vitae PDF; 250 kB accessed on November 30, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Invisible gorilla steals Ig Nobel prize in New Scientist accessed on November 30, 2017
- ↑ 026: Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology. Marcel Dekker Inc 1992, p. 258, ISBN 978-0824722760
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chabris, Christopher |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chabris, Christopher F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American experimental psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |