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frank keil 150px psychology change blindness inattentional blindness visual attention visual perception university of illinois at urbana-champaign harvard university `` gorillas in our midst '' daniel simons
 daniel simons ph.d - cornell university b.a. - carleton college
daniel simons

daniel james simons -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is a prominent experimental psychologist , cognitive scientist , and professor in the department of psychology and the beckman institute for advanced science and technology at the university of illinois .
simons is most well known for his work on change blindness and inattentional blindness , two surprising examples of how people can be unaware of information right in front of their eyes .
his research interests also include visual cognition , perception , memory , attention , and awareness .
