A decade ago, a team of psychologists argued an hypothesis which suggested just how oblivious we are to things around us when we intently focus on a single task. They made a video to test their theory. In the study, viewers were asked to count how many times a ball was passed around between several people.
Unknown to the viewers, the psychologists staged a man in a gorilla suit to walk freely in the midst of the people passing the ball, randomly weaving in and out. When the tallies were scored at the end, over 50% of the people who watched this video didn’t see a big gorilla walking directly across the screen. Amazing!
Another video was more recently released with the same basic principle. It even had a big gorilla walk through again. Yet because the gorilla might have been expected since the video went public, the psychologists kinda “tweaked” the video a bit more.
More than likely, if you’ve seen the first video, you’ll undoubtedly see the gorilla. But will you see what else happens right before your eyes?
Take a fun peek:
With that, I am…
Peter
I never saw a gorilla, but I did see James White hiding behind the curtains. Does that tell you anything, Peter?
Curious,
David :)
Posted by: volfan007 | 2010.07.14 at 09:48 PM
I missed the gorilla on the first video and I missed the other things on this video....
I wonder what that says about me?
Posted by: Brennon | 2010.07.14 at 11:31 PM