Inattentional blindness causes us to miss visible objects from "summary" of The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris,Daniel Simons
Inattentional blindness is the phenomenon that causes us to miss visible objects when our attention is focused elsewhere. When our attention is engaged in one task, we may fail to notice unexpected objects or events that are right in front of us. This can happen even when the objects are highly visible and would normally be easily noticed. One famous example of inattentional blindness is the gorilla experiment conducted by psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. In this experiment, participants were asked to watch a video of people passing basketballs and count how many times the ball was passed. In the middle of the video, a person in a gorilla suit walks into the frame, beats their chest, and then walks out. Surprisingly, about half of the participants failed to notice the gorilla because they were so ...
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