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by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

My presentation at the Illusion of the Year contest

Dan Simons presenting the Monkey Business Illusion
Published on May 13, 2010 by Daniel Simons in The Gorilla Guys

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On Monday (May 10) I presented my "Monkey Business Illusion" at the Illusion of the year contest. I posted about it here on Tuesday. I've just finished editing together some video we shot of my presentation and uploaded it to YouTube. The contest was a blast -- I hope you enjoy this unofficial footage. You'll see that I gave the presentation while wearing a gorilla suit (I wore a tie for added formality).

 

[Note:  This post is cross-posted from The Invisible Gorilla]



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Daniel Simons is a professor at the University of Illinois and co-author of The Invisible Gorilla, and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us.

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