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Libertine · 03-23-2006, 03:04 PM

Just try and count how many times the ball is passed between the white team. You'll probably be wrong:

http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html

DO NOT SCROLL DOWN BEFORE TRYING IT

About 50% of people actually fail to see that there is a guy in a gorilla suit walking across the screen and thumping his chest until they are told about it. If you are among them, watch the vid again and this time, look for the gorilla.

Libertine · 03-23-2006, 03:16 PM

Oh, and for those of you who like flying, in a related experiment, when experienced pilots were put in a simulator and asked to virtually land a plane, in their routine practices they failed to notice the Boeing 747 that was parked across the runway

Here's some info on the gorilla:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected...questid=347199

G-Rotica · 03-23-2006, 03:25 PM

WTF dude? You never said I was supposed to look for a gorilla. I was supposed to count ball passage.

Libertine · 03-23-2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-Rotica

WTF dude? You never said I was supposed to look for a gorilla. I was supposed to count ball passage.

That's the whole point. When people are focused on certain things, they tend to oversee other really, really big things. I know of one example where people don't notice the Notre Dame dancing around in a video

This has serious implications though. For example, people on highways tend to not notice it when a car somewhere in front of them is standing still and crash into it (the reason police in most places now park sideways to block the road after an accident - people do notice the lack of tail lights on the object in front of them, because that is what they are looking at).

sickkittens · 03-23-2006, 03:34 PM

Yeah, but how many people noticed the naked chick?

Head_Hunter · 03-23-2006, 03:35 PM

Wow i missed the gorilla the first time

Verbal · 03-23-2006, 03:37 PM

very, very interesting ... thanks for the post. I did notice the gorilla, however only a brief glimpse. Didn't see her walking in or out of the scene.

Meta Ridley · 03-23-2006, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by punkworld

Just try and count how many times the ball is passed between the white team. You'll probably be wrong:

http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html

About 50% of people actually fail to see that there is a guy in a gorilla suit walking across the screen and thumping his chest until they are told about it. If you are among them, watch the vid again and this time, look for the gorilla.

Good Post. Very Intereting stuff.

I did not see the gorilla

Stamen · 03-23-2006, 03:39 PM

I saw it, I didn't scroll down first and I was like "wtf is a gorilla doing there?"

volante · 03-23-2006, 04:50 PM

I've experienced something similar to this when giving a statement to police about a robbery I witnessed. Four people were involved and they made their escape in a car, but rather than remembering all of them I made a note of the car's license plate and concentrated on just one of the cars occupants. I got the license plate correct and (according to what I was told later) gave a perfect description of one of the occupants, right down to the jewelry he was wearing. Then I was asked where he was sitting in the car. I had no idea. I was concentrating so hard on what he looked like I didn't even notice that he was the driver...

The Captain · 03-23-2006, 05:23 PM

that happens to me all the time, sitting there watching tv, or on the computer someone tries to talk to me or get my attention dont see nor pay them any attention ooops

Spunky · 03-23-2006, 05:26 PM

Hmmm..didn't seem to work on me

woj · 03-23-2006, 06:31 PM

interesting....

PixeLs · 03-23-2006, 06:34 PM

LOL I didn't noticed the chick either.. That's cool man.

GatorB · 03-23-2006, 06:37 PM

I was ask to COUNT not to see if I saw a gorillia. And yes I saw him. I thought "WTF the dude in the monkey suit fucking up my counting."

czarina · 03-23-2006, 06:39 PM

hey, you didn't say anything about any gorillas. That's cheating!

Swish · 03-23-2006, 06:46 PM

wow, that's pretty interesting

d_train · 03-23-2006, 07:04 PM

all this time I know I can't count..........I have dyslexia

tristan_D · 03-23-2006, 11:53 PM

and I have to view it over and over to check

beemk · 03-24-2006, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verbal

very, very interesting ... thanks for the post. I did notice the gorilla, however only a brief glimpse. Didn't see her walking in or out of the scene.

same here

nick1980 · 03-24-2006, 12:48 AM

i had a great time. Thanks!

lilith_godess · 03-24-2006, 01:34 AM

i saw the gorilla and i lost the counting!

Bob_cougar · 03-24-2006, 01:38 AM

it me sometime before i realized there was a gorilla.

BobG · 03-24-2006, 01:39 AM

I was waiting for that scarry horror face guy to jump out of the screen.

Matt 26z · 03-24-2006, 01:50 AM

I saw this on TV awhile back and did not see the gorilla at all then.

reynold · 03-24-2006, 01:55 AM

I got hooked!

03-23-2006, 03:04 PM	#1
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03-23-2006, 03:25 PM	#3
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03-23-2006, 03:35 PM	#6
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03-23-2006, 03:37 PM	#7
Verbal Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,420	very, very interesting ... thanks for the post. I did notice the gorilla, however only a brief glimpse. Didn't see her walking in or out of the scene.

03-23-2006, 04:50 PM	#10
volante Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: LAX Immigration Posts: 2,940	I've experienced something similar to this when giving a statement to police about a robbery I witnessed. Four people were involved and they made their escape in a car, but rather than remembering all of them I made a note of the car's license plate and concentrated on just one of the cars occupants. I got the license plate correct and (according to what I was told later) gave a perfect description of one of the occupants, right down to the jewelry he was wearing. Then I was asked where he was sitting in the car. I had no idea. I was concentrating so hard on what he looked like I didn't even notice that he was the driver...

03-23-2006, 05:23 PM	#11
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