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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Mon Jan 18, 2016, 01:24 PM Jan 2016

Selective Attention Test

(should be a fun one for many!)

Try not to spoil the fun for others, please.

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Selective Attention Test (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2016 OP

The ability to focus on a task, tuning out extraneous details ... surrealAmerican Jan 2016 #1

We used this exact video in a training progam The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #2

I'm shocked I tell you ...shocked. But I was only off by 2. LOL nt Fla Dem Jan 2016 #3

I counted fifteen elephant hunter Jan 2016 #4

There is no gorilla. pintobean Jan 2016 #6

I don't know how many passes, but did anyone notice... Orrex Jan 2016 #5

surrealAmerican

(11,364 posts)

1. The ability to focus on a task, tuning out extraneous details ...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:35 PM

Jan 2016

... is not a bad thing.

It turns out humans are not at all good at multitasking. People who "fail" this test should remember that.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,878 posts)

2. We used this exact video in a training progam

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:47 PM

Jan 2016

I used to work in for airline pilots. It's very surprising and enlightening.

Fla Dem

(23,768 posts)

3. I'm shocked I tell you ...shocked. But I was only off by 2. LOL nt

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 08:13 PM

Jan 2016

elephant hunter

(70 posts)

4. I counted fifteen

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 01:22 PM

Jan 2016

I also saw the gorilla but not until after he beat his chest. My thoughts then were, "What the ... That's a gorilla. What's that doing there." Of course this is the internet so I'll just attribute this to my ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

I really did see the gorilla though.

pintobean

(18,101 posts)

6. There is no gorilla.

Reply to elephant hunter (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 08:07 PM

Jan 2016

Orrex

(63,228 posts)

5. I don't know how many passes, but did anyone notice...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 01:40 PM

Jan 2016

that the guy with the long sleeves is wearing mismatched socks?

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