One study simultaneously delivered a recording of men talking in participants' one ear and a recording of women talking in participants' other ear.When participants were assigned to pay attention to the women,70 percent failed to hear one of the men repeatedly say "I'm a gorilla." This failure best illustrated
A) dual-processing.
B) inattentional deafness.
C) popout.
D) blindsight.

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Inattentional deafness refers to a phenomenon where individuals fail to hear an auditory stimulus while their attention is focused on another task. In this case, participants were instructed to pay attention to the women's conversation, causing them to miss the repeated statement of "I'm a gorilla" from the male speaker. Dual-processing refers to the ability to process information from two different sources simultaneously, which is not the case in this study since participants were unable to process information from both sources. Popout and blindsight are not relevant concepts in this scenario.

One Study Simultaneously Delivered a Recording of Men Talking in Participants