http://www.pamsykes.com/2009/03/attention-is-a-powerful-filter-sometimes-too-powerful/ A multi-faceted site Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:50:03 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.pamsykes.com/2009/03/attention-is-a-powerful-filter-sometimes-too-powerful/comment-page-1/#comment-5804 pam Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:58:40 +0000 http://www.pamsykes.com/?p=50#comment-5804 I will have to nag the bookclub for it! The Dunning-Kruger Effect comes to mind as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect I will have to nag the bookclub for it! The Dunning-Kruger Effect comes to mind as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

]]> http://www.pamsykes.com/2009/03/attention-is-a-powerful-filter-sometimes-too-powerful/comment-page-1/#comment-5803 Stacey Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:54:05 +0000 http://www.pamsykes.com/?p=50#comment-5803 There's a great book that I read on how our intuitions about the way our brains work are really quite deceptive, including our intuitive ideas about attention - note the number of people who really BELIEVE that they can drive and talk on the phone without significant degradation of performance! Anyway, it's called "The invisible gorilla", by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, and it really is fascinating. You've probably seen it because I think it came from someone in your bookclub. There’s a great book that I read on how our intuitions about the way our brains work are really quite deceptive, including our intuitive ideas about attention – note the number of people who really BELIEVE that they can drive and talk on the phone without significant degradation of performance! Anyway, it’s called “The invisible gorilla”, by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, and it really is fascinating.
You’ve probably seen it because I think it came from someone in your bookclub.

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