Example Sentences

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A good magician uses inattentional blindness to his advantage.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2019

Consider inattentional blindness— the screening-out of visual information beyond our attentional focus.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2017

Dr Lisa Fournier, an associate professor of psychology at Washington State University, reviewed Lewinski’s research on the effects of inattentional blindness on police officers.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2015

When an officer’s version of events is disproved by video or forensic evidence, Dr. Lewinski says, inattentional blindness may be to blame.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2015

It can even be a weapon against one of the most disturbing limitations that our attention is up against: inattentional blindness.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2013