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Jul 11, 2010 · The so-called "invisible gorilla" test had volunteers watching a video where two groups of people — some dressed in white, some in black — are passing basketballs around.
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May 19, 2010 · I was telling a friend a story about a dog that was walking down our street with a dead chicken in his mouth, and I told the story about where the dog was coming from, where it was heading to, the ...
Apr 19, 2011 · April 19, 2011 — -- Psychologists at the University of Utah may have explained why hundreds of thousands of people missed the gorilla at the basketball practice. But first, if you're one of ...
For more than a decade, my colleagues and I have been studying a form of invisibility known as inattentional blindness. In our best-known demonstration, we showed people a video and asked them to ...
- What Is The Invisible Gorilla Experiment?
- What Is Inattentional Blindness?
- Inattentional Blindness in Everyday Life
In 1999, Chris Chabris and Dan Simons conducted an experiment known as the “Invisible Gorilla Experiment.” They told participants they would watch a video of people passing around basketballs. In the middle of the video, a person in a gorilla suit walked through the circle momentarily. The researchers asked participants if they would see the gorill...
Inattentional blindnessis a type of blindness that has nothing to do with your ability to see. It has to do with your ability to pay attention to unexpected stimuli. If your capacity is limited to one task or set of stimuli, you may fail to see the unexpected stimuli, even if it’s right in front of you. Chabris and Simons were not the first psychol...
Even if you are not involved in a criminal trial, it’s important to know about inattentional blindness and how it affects our “intuition.” I highly recommend reading The Invisible Gorilla to learn more about inattentional blindness and how it pervades everyday life.
Tommy, who has been blind since birth, learns how to play basketball. George Wasgatt, from BleacherReport You Tube channel, attempts to show Tommy how to sco...
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Jan 31, 2022 · A blind dog by the name of Arnold has been captivating the internet after a video of his sweet reaction to finding a ball was shared to social media.. It's a common misconception that blind dogs ...
