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 Do Ab out It\, brought to you in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Illinois Mis/Disinformation Task Force. \;
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\nAbout Dr. Daniel J. Simons
Dr. Daniel J. S
imons is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois where he
heads the Visual Cognition Laboratory. In addition to his position in the
Department of Psychology\, he has courtesy appointments in the Charles H.
Sandage Department of Advertising and the Gies College of Business. His re
search explores the limits of awareness and memory\, the reasons why we of
ten are unaware of those limits\, and the implications of such limits for
our personal and professional lives. He is the co-author\, with Christophe
r 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&nbs
p\;bestseller\, \;The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us
. He has published more than 100 scholarly papers and has penned articles
for the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Chicago Tribune\, S
mithsonian Magazine\, and the Chronicle of Higher Education\, and many oth
er outlets. His work has been featured in science museums worldwide. In ad
dition to his talks for academic audiences\, he speaks regularly to compan
ies\, organizations\, societies\, and the broader public. Dr. Simons has w
on awards for his teaching and mentoring\, and he currently teaches underg
raduate statistics and graduate courses on research practices\, speaking a
nd writing for broad audiences\, and special topics related to attention a
nd awareness (including a course on psychology and magic).
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his program is brought \;to you in partnership with the League of Wom
en Voters of Illinois Mis/Disinformation Task Force. \;To address the
troubling rise of misinformation and disinformation and its impact on our
elections\, the League of Women Voters of Illinois formed a Mis/Disinforma
tion Task Force in January 2024 with the goal of educating the general pub
lic on mis/disinformation. For more information or to ask a question\, vis
it \;https://www.lwvil.org/misdis-info. Founded 104 years ago\, the 3\
,800-member League of Women Voters of Illinois encourages informed and act
ive participation in government\, works to increase the understanding of m
ajor public policy issues\, and influences public policy through education
and advocacy. Our website address is \;www.lwvil.org.