In one experiment,many of the research participants who were keeping track of basketball tosses between players failed to notice a gorilla-suited research assistant thumping his chest as he moved among the players.This best illustrated
A) blindsight.
B) change blindness.
C) inattentional blindness.
D) the cocktail party effect.

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The experiment demonstrated inattentional blindness, which occurs when we fail to notice a stimulus in our visual field because our attention is focused elsewhere. In this case, the participants were so focused on counting basketball tosses that they failed to notice the gorilla-suited assistant thumping his chest.

In One Experiment,many of the Research Participants Who Were Keeping