Selective Attention Test (Daniel Simons)
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Video of a classic psych experiment. Showed it to my kids this morning and it blew their minds.
a month ago
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Just did the same - hilarious
@thebubblejoy
What does it mean?
@james
Spoiler 🚨 don’t read if you haven’t seen the video
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The point is that you get so focused on counting the passes that you don’t notice that there’s a gorilla walking through the frame. The idea is that the things we pay attention to affect our perception, or something like that.
@carolyn
Omg great idea - doing this as soon as they get home
@louise
Wow. Hahahaha!
@pbergs
Missed that one!
@maoxian
Holy cow, I had to re-watch to believe it.
@kelsealittle
I did see the gorilla beating his chest the first time! Wonder what that says about my weird brain haha. I did not stop to question why he was there though, and when I saw him assumed he had been in the mix the whole time. So fascinating!!
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