Gorillas we have missed: Sustained inattentional deafness for dynamic events
Gorillas we have missed: Sustained inattentional deafness for dynamic events
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cognition.2012.05.012
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Fraenkel, Nick
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作者：
Dalton, Polly;Fraenkel, Nick
现在大家都知道，缺乏注意力会让我们对在正常观看条件下非常明显的视觉刺激“视而不见”（例如，一个打扮成大猩猩的人；Simons & Chabris, 1999）。然而，听力是否会受到这种影响的问题仍然悬而未决。在这里，我们提供的证据表明，缺乏注意力会让人们对“听觉大猩猩”的存在“充耳不闻”，这种“听觉大猩猩”在19岁时都能听到，在全神贯注的情况下也能清楚地看到。这些发现首次证明了持续性无意耳聋的存在。更令人惊讶的是，这种效果发生在逼真的三维听觉场景中，其中未被注意到的刺激在其他几个动态听觉刺激之间移动。(C) 2012 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
It is now well-known that the absence of attention can leave us 'blind' to visual stimuli that are very obvious under normal viewing conditions (e.g. a person dressed as a gorilla; Simons & Chabris, 1999). However, the question of whether hearing can ever be susceptible to such effects remains open. Here, we present evidence that the absence of attention can leave people 'deaf' to the presence of an 'auditory gorilla' which is audible for 19s and clearly noticeable under full attention. These findings provide the first ever demonstration of sustained inattentional deafness. The effect is all the more surprising because it occurs within a lifelike, three-dimensional auditory scene in which the unnoticed stimulus moves through the middle of several other dynamic auditory stimuli. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.