Join us for a talk with Professor Dan Simo ns\, co-author of Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can D o About It\, brought to you in partnership with the League of Women V oters of Illinois Mis/Disinformation Task Force. \;
\nAb out Dr. Daniel J. Simons
\nDr. Daniel J. Simons is a profes sor of psychology at the University of Illinois where he heads the Visual Cognition Laboratory. In addition to his position in the Department of Psy chology\, he has courtesy appointments in the Charles H. Sandage Departmen t of Advertising and the Gies College of Business. His research explores t he limits of awareness and memory\, the reasons why we often are unaware o f those limits\, and the implications of such limits for our personal and professional lives.
\nDr. Simons received his BA from Carleton Colle ge and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Cornell University. He sp ent five years on the faculty at Harvard University before moving to Illin ois in 2002. He is a Fellow and Charter Member of the Association for Psyc hological Science\, a fellow of the Psychonomic Society\, an Alfred P. Slo an Fellow\, and he has received many awards for his research and teaching\ , including the 2003 Early Career Award from the American Psychological As sociation. He and his co-author Christopher Chabris received the 2004 Ig N obel Award (given for research that "first makes you laugh and then makes you think"). He was the founding editor in chief of the APS journal\, \;Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.
\nHe i s the co-author\, with Christopher Chabris\, of the 2023 book \;Nobody 's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It \;as well as the 2010 \;New York Times \;bestseller\, \;The Invisible Goril la: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us. He has published more than 100 scholarl y papers and has penned articles for the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Chicago Tribune\, Smithsonian Magazine\, and the Chronicle o f Higher Education\, and many other outlets. His work has been featured in science museums worldwide. In addition to his talks for academic audience s\, he speaks regularly to companies\, organizations\, societies\, and the broader public.
\nDr. Simons has won awards for his teaching and me ntoring\, and he currently teaches undergraduate statistics and graduate c ourses on research practices\, speaking and writing for broad audiences\, and special topics related to attention and awareness (including a course on psychology and magic).
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This program is brought \
;to you in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Illinois Mis/Dis
information Task Force. \;To address the troubling rise of misinformat
ion and disinformation and its impact on our elections\, the League of Wom
en Voters of Illinois formed a Mis/Disinformation Task Force in January 20
24 with the goal of educating the general public on mis/disinformation. Fo
r more information or to ask a question\, visit \;https://www.lwvil.org/misdis-info. Founded 104
years ago\, the 3\,800-member League of Women Voters of Illinois encourag
es informed and active participation in government\, works to increase the
understanding of major public policy issues\, and influences public polic
y through education and advocacy. Our website address is \;www.lwvil.org.