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Originally Posted by PraedSt
I read about this a few years back. I wish I'd remembered:
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In one famous test, when viewers are asked to count how many times a basketball changes hands in a video, roughly half don't notice that a gorilla walks through the scene.
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You can find that video here:
http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html
The key is to get someone to count the number of times the ball is passed from a player in white to another player in white.
Note: It requires Java installed and is about 6meg.
When I think about forgetting things I always remember this:
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"Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my head! Like that time I took a wine tasting course, and after, I couldn't remember how to drive."
--Homer Simpson
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Jim