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inattentional blindness

inattentional blindness Inattentional blindness is failing to notice a clear, unexpected event because attention is focused somewhere else.

Inattentional blindness is failing to notice a clear, unexpected event because attention is focused somewhere else. It describes a limit of attention in which people can miss something visible even when it seems obvious in hindsight.

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Drafting source: Cullen Hayley J; Paterson Helen M; Dutton Timothy S; van Golde Celine. A survey of what legal populations believe and know about inattentional blindness and visual detection. 2024; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0296489; article XML SHA-256 f836868f9b144b4980c07c3c466c4ff2887969a6d67ffb0530b0e6873d7c046d. “A survey of what legal populations believe and know about inattentional blindness and visual detection” (10.1371/journal.pone.0296489).
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