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Christopher F. Chabris -- @cfchabris -- blog

Professor & Director of Decision Sciences, Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences, Geisinger Research Institute
Faculty co-director, Geisinger Behavioral Insights Team
Formerly: Associate Professor of Psychology, Union College (2007--2017); Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Harvard University (2002--2007)

• At Geisinger, I direct the decision sciences program within the Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences, I co-direct the Meyer-Chabris Lab and the Behavioral Insights Team, and I am also the site PI for the PsycheMERGE research network

• For three years I wrote a monthly column called "Game On" for The Wall Street Journal. Here is the final installment: "A New Deal in Card Games" (21 July 2017)

• In the 1990s I published an award-winning chess journal and two well-reviewed chess books. They are now all freely available online, with additional chess content, via the restored H3 Publications site.

• My new book Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It (Basic Books, 2023; co-authored with Daniel Simons) will be published in 12 languages worldwide. You can buy Nobody's Fool wherever books are sold, or order here.

• Some recent essays:
  • "Why We Get Scammed and What to Do About It" (with Daniel Simons) was published in The Wall Street Journal
  • "The Hated SAT is Still the Fairest Thing About College Admissions" (with Jonathan Wai and Matt Brown) was published in The Washington Post
  • "You're Not As Smart As You Think You Are" (with Patrick Heck) was published in The Wall Street Journal
  • "Starbucks's Troubles Can Be A Test for Anti-Bias Training: Does it Work?" (with Matt Brown) was published in The Wall Street Journal
  • "How Not to Explain Success" (with Joshua Hart) was published in The New York Times
  • "Les souvenirs des attentats de Bruxelles sont-ils graves dans les memoires ou effacables?" (with Daniel Simons) was published in Le Huffington Post
  • "A Simple Solution for Distracted Driving" (with Daniel Simons) was published in The Wall Street Journal
  • "Please, Corporations, Experiment on Us" (with Michelle Meyer) was published in The New York Times
  • "How Not to Be the Next Brian Williams: Ten Ways to Avoid False Memories" (with Daniel Simons) was published in Slate
  • "Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others" (with Anita Woolley and Thomas W. Malone) was published in The New York Times
  • "Why Our Memory Fails Us" (with Daniel Simons) was published in The New York Times
  • "Why Psychologists' Food Fight Matters" (with Michelle Meyer) was published in Slate

• Notorious book review: "The Goliath of Nonfiction" -- Review of David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell was published in The Wall Street Journal
  • For more on this topic, see: "The Trouble With Malcolm Gladwell" in Slate
  • To see why "these are not tranquil times" in my household, see: "Christopher Chabris Should Calm Down" by Malcolm Gladwell in Slate

• My previous book The Invisible Gorilla, and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us (Crown, 2010; co-authored with Daniel Simons) was a New York Times bestseller and Editor's Choice, and has been published in 21 languages worldwide
  • Become a fan of The Invisible Gorilla on Facebook
  • Buy The Invisible Gorilla on Amazon.com
• For non-academic talks and presentations, I am represented by BrightSight Speakers
• Follow me on Twitter or Facebook
• Read my sporadically-updated blog

Selected publications (with abstracts and links)

Brief biography (short and long versions)

Current CV (PDF format)

My Google Scholar profile

One of my favorite awards

More of me than you want to see ...

"The Chessmaster" of Harvard Square losing to me on 5 October 1998

Contact information:

Christopher F. Chabris
Geisinger Health System
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822 USA

chabris@gmail.com

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