In One Experiment,many of the Research Participants Who Were Keeping

question 351

Multiple Choice

In one experiment,many of the research participants who were keeping track of basketball tosses between players failed to notice a gorilla-suited research assistant thumping his chest as he moved among the players.This best illustrated

• A) blindsight.
• B) the popout phenomenon.
• C) inattentional blindness.
• D) the cocktail party effect.

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