Inattentional blindness describes a counterintuitive yet robust cognitive phenomenon whereby individuals fail to perceive obvious, unexpected stimuli when focused on a primary task. This limitation of ...

Here, I've got a quick task for you. Assuming aces are worth 11, quickly double the value of each card below and add them up. The answer is 50, right? Well, yes but that's not the point. The point is ...

Previous research has shown that people can miss salient stimuli outside the focus of their attention. This phenomenon, called inattentional blindness, typically is observed when people are given a ...

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After further review … “Inattentional blindness.” Huh? What’s that, and what’s it got to do with sports? Inattentional blindness is what magicians use to successfully perform their illusions. It’s as ...

A nurse pulls a vial of heparin from an automated dispensing cabinet (ADC). She reads the label, prepares the medication, and administers it intravenously to an infant. The infant receives heparin in ...

After further review…Inattentional Blindness. Huh? What’s that and what does it have to do with sports? This theory is as old as Houdini himself. We’ve all closely watched magicians perform their ...

Janelle E. Wells, Ph.D., & Doreen MacAulay, Ph.D. write that invisible work doesn't register when family, friends, and co-workers are blinded daily events It’s not that we don’t see the work of ...

'Inattentional smell blindness,' or inattentional anosmia, has been proven to exist. Just as it has previously been found that people can miss visual cues when they are busily engaged in a task, the ...

Dogs might experience a type of blindness when offered a treat, a new study has found. It has long been known that humans can experience "inattentional blindness" when they are highly fixated on a ...