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John Bordeaux's avatar

Excellent use of the professor’s video. There was another example (can’t post images) of radiologists examining a lung x-ray to detect nodules. There was a small gorilla (what is with gorillas?) embedded that I think 75% never saw. Actually, eye scans showed most of these experts paused on and saw the gorilla, but their focus was not to scan but detect specific patterns. They saw it, but it wasn’t related to the task, so the hierarchy of their brains dismissed the otherwise interesting detail into the subconscious.

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Karol Cummins's avatar

Fascinating. I failed, I counted only 13 passes twice, and because I was hyper focused on the white shirted person passes I missed the gorilla suit entirely. What our brains filter & perceive can indeed be varied.

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