Later On

A blog written for those whose interests more or less match mine.

Change blindness

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Our minds plays many tricks. Here’s a cute one:

I came across it in this article. I find his articles interesting—you might enjoy browsing. The first one in the list below will be familiar to those who have read my shaving book—and to many others as well: it’s a well-known phenomenon.

I want to draw your attention to the second in the list, which relates quite directly to the “group drive” I’ve been mulling over. I probably read this back in August sometime, so my ideas may well have some of their origins in that article. (In fact, I think I’ve read of this experiment before—it’s a well-known study.) It should be noted, however, that these boys did not create their hierarchical structures from whole cloth: they had been raised in our own culture, which definitely tilts in a hierarchical direction: their fathers undoubted had jobs, with all the hierarchy that entails, for example. Still: fascinating study and results.

Written by LeisureGuy

12 November 2011 at 9:42 pm

Posted in Daily life, Science

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