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You slightly misremembered the invisible gorilla test, a classical study about inattentional blindness. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness
by mudita 4y ago
You slightly misremembered the invisible gorilla test, a classical study about inattentional blindness.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness#Invisible_Gorilla_Test https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness#Invi...
Somewhat fittingly "the basic Simons and Chabris study was reused on British television as a public safety advert designed to point out the potential dangers to cyclists caused by inattentional blindness in motorists."
- Lio 4y agoI beleive that the paper was originally titled "Gorillas In Our Midst" which is a wonderful play on the title of the Dian Fossey book Gorillas in the Mist.