Latest / The Observable Unknown
Interlude LIII.5: The Things You Do Not See - Inattentional Blindness, Attention, and the Limits of Perception
What are you missing right in front of you?
In this provocative interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores one of the most quietly disruptive findings in modern cognitive science: that we routinely fail to perceive what is plainly visible, not because it is hidden, but because it is unexpected.
Drawing on classic research by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris on inattentional blindness, as well as foundational work by Arien Mack and Ronald Rensink on perceptual omission and change blindness, this episode examines how attention functions not only as a spotlight but as…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.