How About a Gorilla?

Anybody can see a gorilla. Put a gorilla before your eyes into any context and it's going to stick out, right? Don't count on it. Context is everything.

Last year, Harvard researcher Christopher Chabris showed people a videotape of a basketball game and asked them to count the passes made by one or other team. After about 45 seconds, a man dressed in a gorilla suit walked slowly across the scene, passing between the players. Although he was visible for five seconds, 40 per cent of the viewers failed to notice him. When the tape was played again, and they were asked simply to watch it, they saw him easily. Not surprisingly, some found it hard to believe it was the same tape. On the live viewing, watchers were too involved with all the other action to notice the gorilla.

Ausführliche Quelle: New Scientist.

* Diese kleine Piece erklärt mir Viecherl Vieles. Jemand schaut in sein Portfolio - und sieht nix, jemand schaut einen Chart an - und merkt nix.

Um wie viel schwieriger muss es sein, etwas zu sehen, was n i c h t zu sehen ist (war als kleiner Bonnscher für JüKü gedacht...).

Gruß

L. (sieht sofort jeden Gorilla auf 1000 Meter, schon weil er down under nicht vorkommt!).

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