Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Evaluation:
The best thing about The Invisible Gorilla, by far, is the usage of real life stories/events and interacting activities used by the authors to prove and support their arguments in each chapter and further enhance our understanding of each illusion and how our intuitions perceive us in each of those situations. By knowing our faults and our shortcomings that happen within the unknowns of the brain, we, as humans, can further improve ourselves individually both physically and emotionally, making us a more elite and sharp person than we once used to be. This book has given the world a vast amount of knowledge of the unknowns of the brain and how it deceives us. The experience we gained from this book came from the games and activities that were included in each chapter to help us understand our shortcomings, and how to overcome them. The most interesting thing to me, is when we focus on a specific task really hard, we kind of go blind to the surrounding due to the brain shutting off any exterior distractions that could take your attention off the main task. The best example for this illusion is the gorilla experiment described in the first chapter. When the gorilla came onto the screen, it was in the middle of it. Yet most people weren't able to recognize it or even notice it. I found this type of illusion very interesting and fascinating.

Recommendation:
I would strongly recommend it to people who are interested generally in the human anatomy whether it is physiologically or psychologically because this book covers both and the unearths some of the human body wonders and how they affect our daily actions. Before reading the book, I would strongly recommend them to participate in the activities that are given within each chapter to enhance fully the theory of each illusion on how it perceives us as individuals. After the person I recommended the book to, I would ask them what did they like most about the book, and the most important question, which illusion do they think affects their daily life the most? Just based on these two questions, it is possible to create a whole dialogue based on the human anatomy and our brains and how our intentions deceive us.

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