‘It is very easy to miss something you’re not looking for’. So concludes this Awareness test on YouTube.
*spoiler alert*
In the 1-min clip, viewers are asked to count the number of ball passes a team makes between four players. As the ball is passed around in a buzz, a conspicuous bear walks right through, and so the test really is about noticing the intruder while tracking the number of passes.
My guess is that majority of those who take this test for the very first time may fail to spot the bear, not necessarily because of problematic eyesight, but because of the nature of focus. Of course there will be those who manage to track the number of passes correctly and still notice the bear, but perhaps not too many, well at least not me. Continue reading “Eye on the ball”