An early “inattention blindness” study demonstrated that half of the people viewing a group of students playing basketball failed to notice that a “gorilla” joined the game. In a newer study of “inattention blindness,” the experimenters inserted an image of a gorilla onto the upper right corner of a lung scan. It would be quite visible to anyone looking for it. Despite this, 83% of radiologists failed to notice it. Both studies are featured here.
Most radiologists don’t see gorilla on lung scans
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:March 6, 2013
- Post category:Psychology Cognition
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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.