Question

A man in a gorilla suit rode through campus in a tiny clown car singing loudly. He was part of a psychology experiment, and student researchers interviewed people who had been in the same area. They found that no one who had been talking on a cell phone had noticed this even though it was within a few feet of them. This is an example of:__________.

Answer 1

The correct answer is inattention deafness

Explanation: Inattention deafness is because hearing and vision (reading) are processed by the same region of your brain. That is, there is 'space' for only one of them at a time.