This is a good trick and a terrific experiment. Watch the video all the way through for a great illustration of “attention blindness.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE[/youtube]
Can you figure out this trick?
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:September 6, 2007
- Post category:Psychology Cognition / Uncategorized
- Post comments:3 Comments
Tags: Psychology Cognition
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
Oh, that was a terrific video! Of course, I didn't spot anything. 😀
A nice demonstration. Didja notice the "Gorilla in the midst?" I'm sure this was a nod to the Ig-Nobel prize winning experiment
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