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Christopher F. Chabris

Christopher F. Chabris

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Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
33465
World Ranking
3292
National Ranking
1854

Overview

Christopher F. Chabris is affiliated with the Geisinger Health System in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in public health, economics, decision sciences, and sociology. Their work spans a range of disciplines with a strong emphasis on vaccine coverage, behavioral economics, and the impacts of misinformation.

The scientist's research prominently focuses on topics including:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies

Their frequent coauthors reflect collaborations across related fields, featuring:

  • Michelle N. Meyer
  • Amir Goren
  • Patrick R. Heck
  • Maheen Shermohammed
  • Katherine L. Milkman

Chabris's publications are often found in high-impact venues, with multiple papers published in:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science

Among noteworthy recent papers are:

  • A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor's appointment, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Putting the Self in Self-Correction: Findings From the Loss-of-Confidence Project, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Can You Ever Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? Comparing Linear and Nonlinear Effects of Cognitive Ability on Life Outcomes, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • A Mega-Study of Text-Based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor's Appointment, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

The topics and venues indicate a focus on interdisciplinary research combining behavioral science, health economics, and epidemiology. The scientist's studies often employ large-scale megastudies and meta-analytic methods to evaluate interventions promoting public health actions, such as vaccination uptake.

Their publication history shows consistent engagement with research that merges psychological science with health policy, reflecting expertise in decision sciences and health system evaluations. The range of frequent publication venues also suggests contributions to evolving topics in neuropsychopharmacology and psychological perspectives on societal challenges.

Best Publications

  • Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events.

    Daniel J Simons;Christopher F Chabris

  • Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups

    Anita Williams Woolley;Christopher F. Chabris;Christopher F. Chabris;Alexander Pentland;Nada Hashmi

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Beautiful Faces Have Variable Reward Value: fMRI and Behavioral Evidence

    Itzhak Aharon;Nancy Etcoff;Dan Ariely;Christopher F Chabris;Christopher F Chabris

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Neural mechanisms of general fluid intelligence.

    Jeremy R. Gray;Christopher F. Chabris;Todd S. Braver

  • Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?:

    Daniel J. Simons;Walter R. Boot;Neil Charness;Susan E. Gathercole

  • The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

    Christopher F. Chabris;Daniel J. Simons

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Visual mental imagery activates topographically organized visual cortex: Pet investigations

    Stephen M. Kosslyn;Nathaniel M. Alpert;William L. Thompson;Vera Maljkovic

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Is the Web as good as the lab? Comparable performance from Web and lab in cognitive/perceptual experiments

    Laura Germine;Laura Germine;Ken Nakayama;Bradley C. Duchaine;Christopher F. Chabris

  • Individual laboratory-measured discount rates predict field behavior

    Christopher F. Chabris;David I. Laibson;Carrie L. Morris;Jonathon P. Schuldt

  • Human face recognition ability is specific and highly heritable

    Jeremy B. Wilmer;Laura Germine;Christopher F. Chabris;Garga Chatterjee

  • How not to be Seen: The Contribution of Similarity and Selective Ignoring to Sustained Inattentional Blindness

    Steven B. Most;Daniel J. Simons;Brian J. Scholl;Rachel Jimenez

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 78,308 individuals identifies new loci and genes influencing human intelligence

    Suzanne Sniekers;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen

  • Activation of the fusiform gyrus when individuals with autism spectrum disorder view faces

    Nouchine Hadjikhani;Robert M. Joseph;Josh Snyder;Christopher F. Chabris

  • The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics

    Christopher F. Chabris;James J. Lee;David Cesarini;Daniel J. Benjamin

  • Categorical versus coordinate spatial relations: computational analyses and computer simulations

    Stephen M. Kosslyn;Christopher F. Chabris;Chad J. Marsolek;Olivier Koenig

  • Abnormal asymmetry in language association cortex in autism

    Martha R. Herbert;Gordon J. Harris;Kristen T. Adrien;David A. Ziegler

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Daniel J. Simons
Daniel J. Simons University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen M. Kosslyn
Stephen M. Kosslyn Harvard University
Najaf Amin
Najaf Amin University of Oxford
William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota

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