Which of the following is an example of inattentional blindness?
A)Hearing two different messages delivered to the right and left ears and being asked to repeat one of those messages and ignore the other
B)Failing to notice a man in a lobster costume skate across the ice at a hockey game because you are busy watching the puck being passed back and forth
C)Different brain regions are responsible for processing aspects of a single stimulus.If one region incorrectly processes a stimulus,we are blind to what the stimulus is.
D)Reading through your textbook and,after a time,realizing that you are unaware of what you just read

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Inattentional blindness occurs when we fail to notice an unexpected stimulus because we are focused on another task or stimulus. In this scenario, the person is focused on watching the hockey game and fails to notice the man in the lobster costume skating across the ice.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Inattentional Blindness