4x49ers t1_ja55m7i wrote
Reply to comment by NotTooDeep in Is there any possible relation between the recent earthquakes in Turkey/Syria, Japan and Papua New Guinea? by Corvid-21
I'm thinking of something I learned as task oriented blindness but is apparently really called Inattentional blindness.
>Inattentional blindness or perceptual blindness (rarely called inattentive blindness) occurs when an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, purely as a result of a lack of attention rather than any vision defects or deficits.
To over simplify a bit, they didn't see them because they weren't looking for them. You might have heard of the invisible gorilla test which demonstrates it, and I recall a BBC program where they were testing it as well: they had a pilot fly some people from A to B telling them to keep an eye out for X, I can't recall. Anywhere they flew over Stonehenge on the way there, and no one saw it, then flying the same route back (without being told to look for X) they were surprised to find it along the same path.
NotTooDeep t1_ja57gpp wrote
Yes. I found that Wikipedia page as well. This also makes me think about situational awareness. That scene in the diner in the original Bourne Identity movie, where he can't recall who he is, but tells the young woman who is helping him about the people and objects in the environment around him and what their meaning is.
I imagine a professional boxer sees arm and foot movements in a different way than someone who has never seen a boxing match.
Your example of the flight over Stonehenge is funny! Thanks for that.
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