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med_cat: (SH education never ends)
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Implicit Bias: The Invisible Gorilla

Mar. 29th, 2024 at 1:33 AM
med_cat: (SH education never ends)
Gorilla Experiment

“The invisible gorilla strikes again: Sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers”

Do take a look--I'd heard of the first, but not in detail, and not heard of the second. Fascinating, really.
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debriswoman: (Default)
[personal profile] debriswoman
Mar. 29th, 2024 06:14 am (UTC)
Agreed…interesting experiments.
med_cat: (Default)
[personal profile] med_cat
Mar. 31st, 2024 05:22 am (UTC)
Very
shirebound: (Default)
[personal profile] shirebound
Mar. 29th, 2024 11:03 am (UTC)
even this high level of expertise does not immunize against inherent limitations of human attention and perception.

That's very interesting indeed.
med_cat: (Default)
[personal profile] med_cat
Mar. 31st, 2024 05:22 am (UTC)
yep, the opposite effect, in fact--they were looking for nodules...and overlooked the gorilla, b/c it doesn't look like a nodule :P
amaebi: black fox (Default)
[personal profile] amaebi
Apr. 1st, 2024 02:29 pm (UTC)
That really puts exemplary power behind “You won’t find what you’re not looking for.”
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[personal profile] med_cat
Apr. 3rd, 2024 03:08 pm (UTC)
Oh yes.
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