Studies of inattentional blindness indicate that
A) we sometimes fail to notice surprising visual events.
B) we usually pay special attention to surprising visual events.
C) changes in a visual stimulus will tend to be processed but often inefficiently.
D) the brain is temporarily sensitized to novel visual stimuli.
E) we are unable to attend to two superimposed visual stimuli.

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Inattentional blindness refers to the phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight, simply because their attention is engaged on another task, event, or aspect of their environment. This means that people can sometimes fail to notice surprising visual events if they are not the focus of their attention.

Studies of Inattentional Blindness Indicate That