Daniel Simons
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Oct 14, 2026
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
Sure.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
So there's this fabulous experiment by Dan Simons and Chris Chabris.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
And if your listeners are avid readers, as I know you are and I am, you will enjoy the book The Invisible Gorilla by these two researchers, and they dig into this study, but also a lot of other related studies.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
But the study itself had participants...
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
Microsoft Canada Research claimed attention spans had declined from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds by 2015.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
Cognitive scientists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons argue that what changed is not neurological capacity but habit-induced behavior.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
The threshold required to earn sustained engagement was altered.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
Quote, people can pay attention for long periods when something grabs them.
speaker_5HOST
Yeah.
speaker_5HOST
Conducted by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.
speaker_6GUEST
Yes.
speaker_6GUEST
It's a classic for a reason.
David PizarroHOST
Simons and Chabris
Paul BloomGUEST
... and Dan Simons.
David PizarroHOST
Yeah.
Paul BloomGUEST
And it's a wonderful demo, although s- I think most of the world has seen it by now.