Inattentional blindness refers to
A) the loss of self-awareness when one is mentally absorbed in a challenging task.
B) a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it.
C) failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.
D) the simultaneous processing of information on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.

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Inattentional blindness refers to the phenomenon of failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere. This occurs even though the visual stimulus is in plain sight. Examples include the famous gorilla experiment where people fail to notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through a group of individuals passing basketballs, and car accidents caused by drivers not noticing pedestrians or other vehicles in their field of vision due to distractions.

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