The invisible gorilla

First, go watch the short video of the original experiment the authors performed. It's the first video at this link: www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/videos.html

I picked up this book after watching that video, and the book didn't disappoint. It's a reasonably in depth look at just how unreliable our perceptions actually are, and how we fool ourselves into believing we know more than we actually do. I got the impression that the authors expected the reader to be rather more surprised at their facts than I actually was; I'm actually well aware of how abysmally inaccurate are my memories, so it was kind of reassuring to read that really everybody is just as bad! Either way, I found it an interesting and sometimes thought-provoking read, and would recommend it.