When asked to watch a video and press a key each time a black-shirted player passed a basketball, most research participants remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman strolling across the video screen. This illustrated

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This phenomenon is known as inattentional blindness, where the brain filters out information that is not considered relevant to the task at hand. The participants were focused on counting basketball passes and failed to notice the woman with the umbrella walking through the scene.

When Asked to Watch a Video and Press a Key