[ExI] Selective attention test

[John Clark]

On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Ben Zaiboc wrote:

>> Try to observe and count the correct number of times the
>> people in white pass the basketball.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo
>> 
> I'm afraid I don't see the point of this.
> I guess I passed the selective attention test, getting the number of ball passes right and missing the gorilla.

I think it shows the unreliability of eyewitness testimony. Before security cameras became common bank robbers had been know to put a bandaid on their nose, later people could describe the bandaid in great detail but not what the robber looked like. 

  John K Clark

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