PSYC 2050U Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Inattentional Blindness, Hemispatial Neglect, Mental Chronometry
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Makes sure there is not a bunch of stimuli and focuses on what is important at one time. Overt attention is guided by what you are focusing your sensory information on. Covert hear a loud bang, drags attention away, not in our key focus, but it is a change in stimuli around you. Shadowing when presenting at the same time, focus on one or two stimuli. Dichotic listening tasks given two different words (left and right ear) pay attention to left or right ear. The word pea is in right and the word carrot to the left to attend to your left ear, that is where attention. Although both words were presented, the person has a hard time telling you what was the other word being said. Inattentional blindness when we are hyperfocused on something, struggle to see around you, limiting you from noticing your surroundings. Think of the video of the basketball and the gorilla.
