Daniel J Simons

Visual cognition, attention, perception, memory, research methods and practices, statistics, change blindness, inattentional blindness, metacognition & intuition Joining my laboratory: I might be accepting new students in the Master of Science in Psychological Science program for Fall of 2026 if they are a good fit for my laboratory. I will not be accepting new PhD students for Fall of 2026. I don't currently have any openings for new undergraduate research assistants in my lab (I usually take new undergraduate research assistants at the start of the fall semester each year). Please email me if you have interest in joining my laboratory.

Simons, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (2023). Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It. Basic Books. Barnhart, A. S., Tuchel, S., Kuhn, G., & Simons, D. J. (2025). Identifying the boundaries of magic A qualitative study of expert magicians. Journal of Performance Magic, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5920/jpm.1561 Heck, P. R., Benjamin, D. J., Simons, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (2025). Overconfidence Persists Despite Years of Accurate, Precise, Public, and Continuous Feedback: Two Studies of Tournament Chess Players. Psychological Science, 36(9), 732-745. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976251360747 Zhu, C., Simons, D. J., Ding, Y., & Levin, D. T. (2025). Action Mismatches Across Movie Edits Minimally Impact Perceived Smoothness and Change Detection. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creati