9/17/18
Phenomenon (known as) Inattention Blindness • Failure to notice something unexpected when your attention is focused on something else. • Fail to see something that is right in front of you.
• The Sensory Cortices acts as a Filter • Might take out what we need or want to see • Stimulants are Images, Sounds & Smells – MAIN Function - Prioritize the Stimuli • Your Attention (Focus) is like a…. Spotlight • Narrow – Focus on Details, Specifics • Broad – Big Picture: • Difficult to see Details • As in… the Entire Camera Shot
Prof. David Strayer & Psych. Dan Simons
Multi Tasking → Not
• “We are serial processors” (Prof. Strayer) • Even though we perceive ourselves to be “Multi-Tasking”, we are actually… De-Activating from One Task & Switching to the Other Task • As with Inattention Blindness, this may cause us to look at but not see Ø the obvious. • So…, again, we Fill in what we missed or think we missed with Data we’ve gathered over time – what we expect would have happened.
Prof. David Strayer & Psych. Dan Simons
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