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The Invisible Gorilla and Selective Attention
08:05 - 33:49 (25:44)
In a study called "The Invisible Gorilla" by Dan Simons and Chris Chabris, it was revealed that we often don't notice things that are in plain sight because of selective attention. Unless we attend to something, it won't get encoded into our memory system.
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Our brains do not have a perfect recording system and our ability to recall things can be affected by a variety of factors, including lack of attention and flawed memory constructs.
08:05 - 17:06 (09:01)
Summary
Our brains do not have a perfect recording system and our ability to recall things can be affected by a variety of factors, including lack of attention and flawed memory constructs.
ChapterThe Invisible Gorilla and Selective Attention
Episode#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Babies tend to prefer looking at people who look like them, i.e., white babies prefer looking at white people and black babies prefer looking at black people.
17:06 - 21:52 (04:45)
Summary
Babies tend to prefer looking at people who look like them, i.e., white babies prefer looking at white people and black babies prefer looking at black people. This preference, however, changes when babies are exposed to a cosmopolitan environment because they show no preference then regardless of their race.
ChapterThe Invisible Gorilla and Selective Attention
Episode#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?
PodcastModern Wisdom
In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes the importance of paying attention to different aspects of people like race, age and gender.
21:51 - 33:49 (11:57)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes the importance of paying attention to different aspects of people like race, age and gender. He also highlights the fact that people tend to have prejudices with different accents than skin color since it's not possible to be exposed to people of different skin colors ancestrally.