Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself - and that's a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology's most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate that our minds don't work the way we think they do. We think we see ourselves and the world as they really are, but we're actually missing a whole lot. The Invisible Gorilla reveals the numerous ways that our intuitions can deceive us, but it's more than a catalog of human failings. In the book, they also explain why people succumb to these everyday illusions and what we can do to inoculate ourselves against their effects. In short, they try to give you a sort of "x-ray vision" into your own mind, with the ultimate goal of helping you notice the invisible gorillas in your own life.

For information about the authors, visit chabris.com and dansimons.com