We See What We Expect to See Similarly, sometimes we are so focused on looking for a specific item that we fail to see anything else happening around. Then they would have a man dressed as a gorilla walk smack in the middle of the experiment for 9 seconds and beat his chest.Ī full half of the people were so focused on counting the ball passes that they didnt notice the gorilla. They told people to count how many times the players pass the ball to each other.
This seems to be a reference pop-psychologist Malcolm Gladwell and his theory of thin-slicing in Blink We Believe We See More Than We Do Usually, we notice whats unusual.īut that also means that we miss a lot of what appears to be usual.Īnd if we are very intent observing or paying attention to something, then we are likely to miss also something very catchy, conspicuous, and unusual. Second-Guess Your Intuitions Chabris Simon say that sometimes self-help books tell us to trust our intuitions and gut feelings.
Start Here Blog Social Power Dynamics Career Strategies Dating For Women Dating For Men Relationships Reviews Best Books Book Summaries Interactive List Speed Learning Forum Join In The Invisible Gorilla: Notes Review OctoBy Lucio Buffalmano Our Rating The Invisible Gorilla is a psychology book on cognition and human biases.Ĭontents Bullet Summary Full Summary Second-Guess Your Intuitions We Believe We See More Than We Do We See What We Expect to See Our Memory Is Not Accurate Deceitful Self-Confidence We Know Less Than We Think We Do We See Causation Where There is None The Invisible Gorilla Video Real-Life Applications CONS PROS Review Bullet Summary We cant always fully rely on our cognitive functions Intuition, being based on our cognitive functions, cant always be trusted Many of us tend to overestimate our capabilities and skills -especially those with little skills- Full Summary About the Authors: Daniel James Simons is an experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor of psychology at the University of Illinois Christopher F.Ĭhabris is an American research psychologist and professor of psychology at Union College.
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