Christopher Chabris
@cfchabris.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist, professor, author 'Nobody's Fool' (http://bit.ly/3Wm7rCa) & 'The Invisible Gorilla,' essayist, chess master, poker player, game lover
How well do people know their own social abilities? Patrick Heck, Matt Brown, and I ran two studies (total N=927) that revealed a surprising pattern: a negative relationship between people's self-rated skill and actual performance for social ability.
swisspsychologyopen.com/articles/10....
swisspsychologyopen.com/articles/10....
April 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
How well do people know their own social abilities? Patrick Heck, Matt Brown, and I ran two studies (total N=927) that revealed a surprising pattern: a negative relationship between people's self-rated skill and actual performance for social ability.
swisspsychologyopen.com/articles/10....
swisspsychologyopen.com/articles/10....
Happy 2024! If you have resolved this year to get conned less often (or not at all), to not be taken in by misinformation and deceptive marketing, and to evade fraud and scams as much as possible, you should read my book with @profsimons.bsky.social: NOBODY'S FOOL dansimons.com/NobodysFool....
January 1, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Happy 2024! If you have resolved this year to get conned less often (or not at all), to not be taken in by misinformation and deceptive marketing, and to evade fraud and scams as much as possible, you should read my book with @profsimons.bsky.social: NOBODY'S FOOL dansimons.com/NobodysFool....
NOBODY'S FOOL, my second book co-authored with @profsimons, was published today by @BasicBooks! It's about how deception works—the patterns inherent in successful frauds and scams, and the cognitive science of how we respond to them. Much more info here:
http://dansimons.com/NobodysFool.html
http://dansimons.com/NobodysFool.html
July 12, 2023 at 4:12 PM
NOBODY'S FOOL, my second book co-authored with @profsimons, was published today by @BasicBooks! It's about how deception works—the patterns inherent in successful frauds and scams, and the cognitive science of how we respond to them. Much more info here:
http://dansimons.com/NobodysFool.html
http://dansimons.com/NobodysFool.html