People Prone to 'Inattention Blindness'

[Tank]

Missing the Gorilla: People Prone to 'Inattention Blindness' Have a Lower Working Memory Capacity

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) â€" University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" -- the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.

The answer: People who fail to see something right in front of them while they are focusing on something else have lower "working memory capacity" -- a measure of "attentional control," or the ability to focus attention when and where needed, and on more than one thing at a time...

Well I'll be darned. I would appear the have the exact opposite to attention blindness. I spot all kinds of stuff that others miss, I also have very a good abstract 3 dimensional perception, hence me ability to visualise objects in 3D. I bet this is the root of situational awareness, a critical trait in successful fighter pilots.

[fester30]

Missing the Gorilla: People Prone to 'Inattention Blindness' Have a Lower Working Memory Capacity

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) â€" University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" -- the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.

The answer: People who fail to see something right in front of them while they are focusing on something else have lower "working memory capacity" -- a measure of "attentional control," or the ability to focus attention when and where needed, and on more than one thing at a time...

Well I'll be darned. I would appear the have the exact opposite to attention blindness. I spot all kinds of stuff that others miss, I also have very a good abstract 3 dimensional perception, hence me ability to visualise objects in 3D. I bet this is the root of situational awareness, a critical trait in successful fighter pilots.

Show off!

Wow inattention blindness!  Fancy words.  My dad called this absent-mindedness.  I guess that's like calling a janitor a professional sanitation specialist.

I could never have been a pilot.  I can't stay awake on an airplane for more than a few minutes.  I also find that one of the most enjoyable places for a nap is behind the wheel of a car.

[Tank]

Missing the Gorilla: People Prone to 'Inattention Blindness' Have a Lower Working Memory Capacity

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) â€" University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" -- the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.

The answer: People who fail to see something right in front of them while they are focusing on something else have lower "working memory capacity" -- a measure of "attentional control," or the ability to focus attention when and where needed, and on more than one thing at a time...

Well I'll be darned. I would appear the have the exact opposite to attention blindness. I spot all kinds of stuff that others miss, I also have very a good abstract 3 dimensional perception, hence me ability to visualise objects in 3D. I bet this is the root of situational awareness, a critical trait in successful fighter pilots.

Show off!

I don't often blow my own trumpet!

Wow inattention blindness!  Fancy words.  My dad called this absent-mindedness.  I guess that's like calling a janitor a professional sanitation specialist.

I could never have been a pilot.  I can't stay awake on an airplane for more than a few minutes.  I also find that one of the most enjoyable places for a nap is behind the wheel of a car.

That's not good!  

[The Black Jester]

The answer: People who fail to see something right in front of them while they are focusing on something else have lower "working memory capacity" -- a measure of "attentional control," or the ability to focus attention when and where needed, and on more than one thing at a time...

Tank, you may have another reason to toot your tooter...it is well established that working memory capacity is highly and positively correlated with IQ (as is the capacity for 3D spatial rotation). 

So fess up....you're a genius, aren't you?

[Tank]

The answer: People who fail to see something right in front of them while they are focusing on something else have lower "working memory capacity" -- a measure of "attentional control," or the ability to focus attention when and where needed, and on more than one thing at a time...

Tank, you may have another reason to toot your tooter...it is well established that working memory capacity is highly and positively correlated with IQ (as is the capacity for 3D spatial rotation). 

So fess up....you're a genius, aren't you?

Is this the first example of 'Gratuitous Kudos Point Hunting'? 

[The Black Jester]

  WHAAAAT!!!!  I'm just stating the facts, man.  After all, if you're gonna toot, toot loud.   

But, you know, if you wanna see it as ass-kissing, that's your right...

[Tank]

WHAAAAT!!!!  I'm just stating the facts, man.  After all, if you're gonna toot, toot loud.   

But, you know, if you wanna see it as ass-kissing, that's your right...

Ok. One Kudos point for creative flattery! 

[The Magic Pudding]

...it is well established that working memory capacity is highly and positively correlated with IQ (as is the capacity for 3D spatial rotation).  

Capacity for 3D spatial rotation eh.
This isn't good news for my IQ.
I don't like being spun about on whirly amusement machine things.
No not at all, I find it best to stay a safe distance from such things.

I'll probably loose more points for misuse of verbal rotation capacity.

[The Black Jester]

...it is well established that working memory capacity is highly and positively correlated with IQ (as is the capacity for 3D spatial rotation).  

Capacity for 3D spatial rotation eh.
This isn't good news for my IQ.
I don't like being spun about on whirly amusement machine things.
No not at all, I find it best to stay a safe distance from such things.

I'll probably loose more points for misuse of verbal rotation capacity.

I wouldn't worry too much...I don't think it's that kind of spatial rotation  but I perhaps you have intentionally rotated the verbal meanings in your admission?  Also...Dawkins, who I'm fairly certain has a healthy opinion of his IQ (while this is certianly not definitive as to his actual IQ, it can at least be noted that he made it through Oxford), fell for the Gorilla Suit bit in the task mentioned by Tank, which, as he said, is ostensibly related to working memory capacity.

[fester30]

Missing the Gorilla: People Prone to 'Inattention Blindness' Have a Lower Working Memory Capacity

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) â€" University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" -- the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.

The answer: People who fail to see something right in front of them while they are focusing on something else have lower "working memory capacity" -- a measure of "attentional control," or the ability to focus attention when and where needed, and on more than one thing at a time...

Well I'll be darned. I would appear the have the exact opposite to attention blindness. I spot all kinds of stuff that others miss, I also have very a good abstract 3 dimensional perception, hence me ability to visualise objects in 3D. I bet this is the root of situational awareness, a critical trait in successful fighter pilots.

I took a test a few years ago relating to a job I wanted where there was some testing in 3D object rotation and such.  I tested extremely well, but I wouldn't make a very good pilot at all.  I have tried many numerous techniques, but have never been able to stay awake on an airplane.  They tell me this is a desired trait in a pilot.

[The Black Jester]

I have tried many numerous techniques, but have never been able to stay awake on an airplane.  They tell me this is a desired trait in a pilot.

Patent discrimitation against narcoleptics.  We should fight them, brother.  What's next?  No boozing??!!  To Arms, brothers!

[Whitney]

On a hike last weekend I was the one that spotted both of the snakes that were in the path as other people were practically walking on them.  But I think that was because I am paranoid about critters touching (or biting) me so I keep my attention on the ground.   Yet I don't remember ever there being a case where someone saw something that I didn't, so maybe I'm just always looking at my surroundings...except for in the car; then my focus is on the driving and I don't necessarily see unrelated stuff around me (such as knowing where all the cars are around me but not necessarily what kind of cars they are).

[The Black Jester]

On a hike last weekend I was the one that spotted both of the snakes that were in the path as other people were practically walking on them.  But I think that was because I am paranoid about critters touching (or biting) me so I keep my attention on the ground.   Yet I don't remember ever there being a case where someone saw something that I didn't, so maybe I'm just always looking at my surroundings...except for in the car; then my focus is on the driving and I don't necessarily see unrelated stuff around me (such as knowing where all the cars are around me but not necessarily what kind of cars they are).

It strikes me that one should be careful about trying to estimate ones abilities in this regard by ones behaviors in the real world.  You can't measure that properly.  It's important to make sure one is measuring the same behaviors, exactly, across subjects, and on the same tasks.  Aside from the whole problem of trying to measure your own performance...I'm all over the map with regard to noticing things in life, but I have an above average digit span (the number of random digits you can hold in your working memory, avg is 7-9, also related to IQ and actually on some IQ tests).

[fester30]

I have tried many numerous techniques, but have never been able to stay awake on an airplane.  They tell me this is a desired trait in a pilot.

Patent discrimitation against narcoleptics.  We should fight them, brother.  What's next?  No boozing??!!  To Arms, brothers!

Naa it's not that bad.  I was offered a job as an Air Traffic Controller, so I could stay in the industry when I'm done with my career in the Air Force building bombs.