Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the existence of
A) blindsight.
B) selective attention.
C) change blindness.
D) dual processing.

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Selective attention refers to our ability to focus on a particular stimulus while ignoring other stimuli. We are not able to consciously process all the sensory information available to us because there is simply too much of it at any given time, so we must selectively attend to what is most important or relevant to us in the moment.

Our Inability to Consciously Process All the Sensory Information Available