But what if I'm just not like other participants?
You will be taking part in a laboratory experiment. You will only take part in one condition of the experiment. We call this using an independent measures design.
We found that things can pass through the spatial area of attentional focus and still not be acknowledged if they are not specifically focussed on.
We discovered that you are more likely to notice unexpected events if these events are visually similar to events you are focussing on - that's why you were more likely to see the gorilla if you focussed on the black team.
D E B R I E FThank you for taking part in our experiment.