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AFTER CERTAINTY

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Daniel J. Simons

Cognitive scientists of inattentional blindness and the limits of confident perception under load.

Why this matters

The invisible-gorilla lesson: institutions miss what they are not structured to see—attention is not neutral.

Focus in observatory

Works

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Gorillas in Our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events.

Simons, Daniel J., and Christopher F. Chabris. "Gorillas in Our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events." *Perception* 28, no. 9 (1999): 1059–1074.

Related books

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What We Cannot See

Bias, Judgment, and the Limits of Perspective

Why every perspective is necessarily partial, how individuals make responsible judgments despite those limitations, and why integration allows groups to construct understanding that exceeds any single person's perspective.