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“Entertaining and illuminating…This book is a surprising guide to everyday illusions and the trouble they can steer us into.”
— Dan Ariely, New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational
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“From courtrooms to bedrooms to boardrooms, this fascinating book shows how psychological illusions bedevil every aspect of our public and private lives. An owner’s manual for the human mind!”
— Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness
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“Chabris and Simons’ experiments have become classics, and their influence extends well beyond psychology, with implications for our understanding of consciousness and rationality. Having taught their research to my students at Harvard, I was eager to read The Invisible Gorilla, and the book did not disappoint.”
— Steven Pinker, New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought
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“Engaging and humane…The Invisible Gorilla just might teach us to be more humble, understanding, and forgiving.”
— New York Times
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“As a thoughtful introduction to a captivating discipline, the book succeeds wonderfully…Readers who heed the admonitions of Chabris and Simons may be rewarded with a clearer view of the world.”
— Wall Street Journal
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“If the authors make you second-guess yourself ten times today, they’ve done their job.”
— Psychology Today
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“The Invisible Gorilla is filled with fascinating and revealing experiments that call into question assumptions we have about our mental abilities and those of others…A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”
— Associated Press
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“Though Chabris and Simons threaten to pull the rug of reality itself from under us, their fascinating experiments and well-chosen examples keep our feet on the ground, perhaps even more than before.”
— Seed Magazine
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“A humbling journey into the fallibility of our thinking.”
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
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“Packed with evidence from hundreds of scientific experiments, it’s a persuasive, surprising, and even amusing book that will have you rethinking the way you think you see the world.”
— Fort Worth Star Telegram
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“Thought-provoking, entertaining, educational, and sobering, this book is a must read for those honest enough to realize they don’t or can’t, know it all.”
— El Paso Times
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“Narrator Dan Woren conveys a bright-eyed fascination with this collection of surprising research on the ways we mentally process the world around us. Though his diction is precise and his phrasing is carefully matched to the nuances of the text, his narration is natural and appealing.…a stimulating educational experience for anyone.”
— AudioFile
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“Full of humor and insight, this book is enlightening and entertaining…Readers beware: Your perception of everyday occurrences will be forever altered.”
— Library Journal
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“[An] engaging treatise on how our intuitions often lead us astray…Illustrated with eye-opening, often humorous examples.”
— Booklist
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“A fascinating look at little-known illusions that greatly affect our daily lives…[The Invisible Gorilla] offers surprising insights into just how clueless we are about how our minds work and how we experience the world.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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“In The Invisible Gorilla, you should expect the unexpected, to your very great delight. If any work of social science could be a page-turner, this is it.”
— Nicholas A. Christakis, professor, Harvard Medical School, and coauthor of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives