Christopher Chabris

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|| [[image:chabris.jpg link="https://plus.google.com/102708274929263183253/photos"]] ||~ || **Christopher F. (Chris) Chabris**,
an American [[Psychology|psychologist]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscientist|neuroscientist]], computer scientist, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation|USCF]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_master|chess master]], chess writer and columnist. He is known as co-author along with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons|Daniel Simons]] of the book //The Invisible Gorilla// published in 2010 <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons|Daniel Simons]] (**2010, 2011**). //[[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/buy_book.html|The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us]]//. [[http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Gorilla-How-Intuitions-Deceive/dp/0307459667/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352556486&sr=1-1|amazon.com]]</ref>. This title of this book refers to an earlier [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness#Invisible_Gorilla_Test|research project]] of Chabris and Simons revealing that people who are focused on one thing can easily overlook something else, awarded with an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize|Ig Nobel Prize]] <ref>[[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6468-invisible-gorilla-steals-ig-nobel-prize.html|Invisible gorilla steals Ig Nobel prize]] by [[http://www.jeffhecht.com/|Jeff Hecht]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Scientist|New Scientist]], October 01, 2004</ref>.

Christopher Chabris received his B.A. in computer science and Ph.D. in psychology from [[Harvard University]], where he was also a lecturer and research associate for many years, and is currently assistant professor of psychology at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_College|Union College]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenectady|Schenectady]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York|New York]], adjunct assistant professor of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurology|Neurology]] at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Medical_College|Albany Medical College]], and visiting scholar at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Center_for_Collective_Intelligence|Center for Collective Intelligence]] <ref>[[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/biographies.html|The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - about the authors]] by [[Christopher Chabris]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons|Daniel Simons]]</ref>. His research interests focuses on how people differ from one another in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental|mental]] abilities and patterns of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior|behavior]], and how [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness|cognitive illusions]] affect our decisions. As computer science student at Harvard in the late 80s, when he was rated among the top 50 chess players in the U.S. under 21 years of age with an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#United_States_Chess_Federation_ratings|USCF rating]] of 2206 <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]] (**1987**). //[[http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n2/chess.html|Reviews: The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament]]//. [[http://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?issue=startv2n2|STart Vol. 2, No. 2]]</ref>, he wrote on [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] with [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]], and reported on computer chess tournaments <ref>[[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] (**1994**). //Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge//. [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]], [[http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/iccaj_db/node10.html|Vol. 17, No. 4]], pp. 224-232</ref>. ||
|| Christopher Chabris <ref> [[https://plus.google.com/102708274929263183253/photos|Christopher Chabris]] at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B|Google+]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
* [[Atari ST]]
* [[Cognition]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1995]]
* [[William Chase#Perception|Perception]]
* [[William Chase#Video|Perception - Video]]
* [[Psychology]]
* [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]]

=Selected Publications=
<ref>[[http://www.amazon.com/Christopher-F.-Chabris/e/B001HQ3YL8/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0|Amazon.com: Christopher F. Chabris: Books, Biography]]</ref> <ref>[[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf|ICGA Reference Database]] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1987**). //[[http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n2/chess.html|Reviews: The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament]]//. [[http://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?issue=startv2n2|STart Vol. 2, No. 2]] » [[Atari ST]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1987, 1989**). //Artificial Intelligence and Turbo Pascal - Book and Disk//. Irwin Professional Pub, [[http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Turbo-Pascal-Book/dp/0870949632/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352556486&sr=1-10|amazon.com]] » [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] (**1993**). //The 4th Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Chess Challange//. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1993]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] (**1994**). //Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge//. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1995**). //American Chess Journal 1//. H3 Inc, [[http://www.amazon.com/American-Chess-Journal-Christopher-Chabris/dp/1888281006/ref=la_B001HQ3YL8_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1352557565&sr=1-2|amazon.com]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1995**). //American Chess Journal 2//. H3 Inc, [[http://www.amazon.com/American-Chess-Journal-Christopher-Chabris/dp/1888281014/ref=la_B001HQ3YL8_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1352557565&sr=1-4|amazon.com]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1996**). //American Chess Journal 3//. H3 Inc, [[http://www.amazon.com/American-Chess-Journal-Christopher-Chabris/dp/1888281022/ref=la_B001HQ3YL8_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1352557565&sr=1-5|amazon.com]]
* [[http://www.glicko.net/|Mark E. Glickman]], [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1996**). //Using Chess Ratings as Data in Psychological Research//. [[http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~cfc/Glickman1996.pdf|pdf]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff|Patrick Wolff]], [[Christopher Chabris]] (**1997**). //[[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_complete_idiot_s_guide_to_chess.html?id=xK-1AAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|The complete idiot's guide to chess]]//.  Alpha Books, [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Idiots-Guide-Chess/dp/0028617363|amazon.com]]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Eliot Hearst]] (**2003**). //Mentalizing, Pattern Recognition and Forward Search: Effects of Playing Speed and Sight of the Position on Grandmaster Chess Errors//. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_Science_Society|Cognitive Science]], Vol. 27, pp. 637–648.
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons|Daniel Simons]] (**2010, 2011**). //[[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/buy_book.html|The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us]]//. [[http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Gorilla-How-Intuitions-Deceive/dp/0307459667/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352556486&sr=1-1|amazon.com]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/72d2c4286ba38eac|Sixth Harvard Cup UPDATE]] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 18, 1995
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/a1b865d5680fb366|Humans win Sixth Harvard Cup, 23.5-12.5]] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcm]], December 29, 1995
* [[https://plus.google.com/102708274929263183253/posts/Q1CU52vvJsT|Reply to Jonah Lehrer’s “On Bad Reviews” Christopher Chabris]] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B|Google+]], May 14, 2012 <ref>[[http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/jonah_lehrer_interviews_christopher_chabris|Jonah Lehrer Interviews Christopher Chabris | The Creativity Post]], August 01, 2012</ref> <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lehrer|Jonah Lehrer from Wikipedia]]</ref>

=External Links=
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chabris|Christopher Chabris from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~cfc/|Christopher F. Chabris: CFC]]
* [[http://bigthink.com/christopherchabris|Christopher Chabris | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Union College | Big Think]]
* [[https://plus.google.com/102708274929263183253/photos|Christopher Chabris]] at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B|Google+]]
* [[http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/biographies.html|The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us - about the authors]] by [[Christopher Chabris]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Simons|Daniel Simons]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_Blindness#Invisible_Gorilla_Test|Invisible Gorilla Test from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.amazon.com/Christopher-F.-Chabris/e/B001HQ3YL8/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0|Amazon.com: Christopher F. Chabris: Books, Biography]]
* [[http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2005263|Chabris, Christopher FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers]]
* [[http://www.365chess.com/players/Christopher_Chabris|Christopher Chabris chess games - 365Chess.com]]
* [[http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-kings-of-chess-are-computers-1420827071|The Real Kings of Chess Are Computers]] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal|The Wall Street Journal]], January 9, 2015 » [[TCEC Season 7]]
* [[http://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-computer-chess-game-1420826910|Anatomy of a Computer Chess Game]] by [[Christopher Chabris]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal|The Wall Street Journal]], January 9, 2015 » on [[TCEC Season 7#G14|Game 14]] of the [[TCEC Season 7#Superfinal|Superfinal]]
* [[http://blog.chabris.com/2015/01/martin-thoresens-world-chess.html|Martin Thoresen's World Chess Championship]] by [[Christopher Chabris]], January 10, 2015 » [[Martin Thoresen]], [[TCEC]], [[TCEC Season 7]]
* Chris Chabris: [[http://poptech.org/popcasts/chris_chabris_when_intuition_fails|When Intuition Fails]], [[http://poptech.org/|PopTech]] 2010 <ref>[[http://live.reuters.com/Event/PopTech_2010?Page=0|PopTech 2010 | Liveblog live blogging | Reuters.com]]</ref>, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
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