Abstract / Description of output
Perceptual science has frequently benefited from studying illusions created outside of academia. Here we describe a striking, but little-known, example of inattentional blindness from the British comedy series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. Viewers fail to attend to several highly incongruous characters in the sketch, despite these characters being clearly visible onscreen. The sketch has the potential to be a valuable research and teaching resource, as well as providing a vivid illustration of how people often fail to see something completely different.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 38-40 |
| Journal | i-Perception |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Jan 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- inattentional blindness
- perception
- illusion
- attention
- Monty Python
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Edinburgh study co-authored by Dr Caroline Watt uses Monty Python sketch to highlight 'inattentional blindness'
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