Don't feel too bad if you fall for someone's con game. Just listen to Daniel Simons, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois. DANIEL SIMONS: It's really easy to assume that everybody who ...

Professors of Psychology Chabris and Simons write about six everyday illusions of perception and thought, including the beliefs that: we pay attention more than we do, our memories are more detailed ...

Simons, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois, and Chabris, a behavioral science professor at Geisinger Health System, follow up their The Invisible Gorilla with an eye-opening ...

Everybody loves a great scam, a hoax, a con. We love to ask, how could someone fall for that? It’s the irresistible premise behind a glut of popular podcasts, bestselling books and docuseries. Whether ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris about their new book, "Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do... Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris on their ...