Visual illusion- Attention Experiment

[LeathaFaceWife]

my psych. book said it was done by neisser in 1979..and later on by the other 2 guys in 1983

[tigergibbs]

didnt see the girl in the umbrella and lost my way towards the end anyway lol, looking forward to this exam tommorow:/

[loolofdskf]

@flaclad82 it is by Neisser (1979). Pretty sure of that. I studied it in my psych class at uni.

[flaclad82]

are you sure this is an experiment by Becklen and Cervone(1983)?

I thought it was by Neisser (1979). I advise to check it out..

[Leby980]

I got 20 :D

[CSTBIRMINGHAMCPS]

Woohoo! Counted all 20 and saw the girl, but I didn't think much of her. I also was unsure of my count near 6 or 7.. But stood my ground and got the right number of passes. Interesting, proof that we should trust our initial senses.

[RuGr8tful2]

I lost count. Looks like 2 balls. But I saw miss lady.

[harrybasile456]

but the question is, will it blend?

[SimonVDH]

I had no problem counting but I had to watch it 3 times to notice the umbrella girl :P

[Mona95951]

I got 20

[merrittolsen]

yeah the girl with the umbrella kind of distracted me and i lost count...

[xXSproutz2Xx]

There were 20 passes, but did u see how old this film was?

[bel8910]

I couldn't see it very well. They were nearly clear.

[cat2cube]

Professor Becklen teaches at my college

[PrinceArt77]

i saw an experiment like this on a practical joke show...and it even tricked me for the first time yeah....but this one is quite obvious...very clearly and she just walk passed right in the middle of the focal vision....hard to miss that even if you were concentrating on the passes and all....anyways..interesting concept btw...peace yah all guys!

[somedcguy]

I saw the woman AND counted the passes. But did hear the BEEEPING!?!?!

[sathirei]

I can count as well as see the woman with the fake umbrella.. :)

[XeonpZycho]

lol.... That was easy....

[SomeWeirdFreak]

So washed out you can't focus on anything...

[valzavagoth]

what principle issert



[smtandproductions]

soo....there ghosts ?

[NotArber]

i saw the lady walking with the umbrella BUT DID YOU SEE THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE!

[allymfc0212]

Thumbs Up if you think they couldn't afford a moonwalking bear or even a colour video recorder.

[ImHiDef]

The moonwalking bear i didn't notice.

But this was so obvious o_O

[MattGudgeonBlog]

is the women lost?

[mzrealm]

BUT DID YOU HEAR THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE?

[beanchao]

I was counting and the woman distracted me..This one sucks.

[littlemissalto07]

Why are they invisible

[andyO4you]

and I forgot to start counting... I though they were ghost... impossible to be playing basketball.

[punketa32]

I lost count after 1 hahah :\

[flyingsharkgirls]

I've been able to see past this illusion ever since I saw a different version of this with a gorilla. Even though I was paying close attention to the black-shirts, my eyes still shot straight to the umbrella-lady as soon as she walked in.

[rickis96]

@flyingsharkgirls same with me! exact same video, too. lmao at the gorilla one...

my cousin showed me, and paused it before the "reveal"

cousin: "Well, how many passes?"

me: "14, and yes i saw the gorilla walk by."

cousin: *slams laptop shut.* "dammit...."

lol :D

[whatevarrr]

i did.

[blagga1000]

I noticed cuz my com froze

[teb0atoz]

This video quality is so POOR that I was more amazed that the people seemed to walk through each other. Old old old demonstration of precption.

[miceskin]

moonwalking bear>this. By a hundred fold.

[rockypyro1490]

ugh i stopped counting cuz she looked hot -.- 

[pot0tin]

@rockypyro1490 same here :(

[SW627]

This one is actually a bit better then the Gorilla or Moonwalking Bear vids. Something to do with the "see through " images I guess.

[davampstaxoxo]

Our teacher showed us one today.. but it was a bit different and a guy in a gorilla suit walked by, beat his chest, and walked away. I saw it, but I was surprised when half of the class didn't.

[Gabetalent09]

I saw all 20 passes & the lady but this one was cheap. Had to second glance at the lady. But to overlay the videos like that is really cheap....almost like rigging for the humans to fail. They should've at least made it more realistic to be fair, I mean when are we ever gonna see ppl walking through each other?? --

[gardener68]

I think all the dislikes are from people who missed the girl with the umbrella and didn't like being fooled!

[mrsa765]

white play with white

black play with black

[SensuStrikte]

This looks like one of those instructions movies for stations in LOST

[Chloeewinters]

they all look like ghosts :/

[paddypeyton]

Kool :)

[MrYousafBajwa]

Counted all 20 and saw the chick...I must be a genius or something

[youngxholla]

Watch the video on mute. It's easier. And someone tell that chick to get off the court or she's gonna get hit by a ball

[UltraMankiller]

l saw her lol

[Yesitis808]

Wow, amazing! I've already knew about the real aim of this experiment, but I tried to count the passes anyway; but I still didn't notice the woman. I counted 19.

[RafaelMinuesa]

@Yesitis808

You didn't notice the woman ???

How could anybody not notice her? I mean, I only noticed her !!!

Either you're joking or this is going to scare me a bit ...

[Yesitis808]

@RafaelMinuesa When you're not looking for something, it's usually not apparent.

[resrevr]

why did they say to count the times they pass the ball when they put a chirping sound everytime they do

[Flakniper]

creepy

[totallysickawesome]

i found it very hard the count them because they were overlapping, and then i stopped when a saw a random chik with an umbrella.

[twinkiixx]

you don't even need to watch the players in black to count, theres a noise every time someone in black passes the ball...

[mario999edf]

same shit

[Weezyfan82]

@itsmicrotom your life is a fail.

[tacobread3]

i seen her....I SEEN HER !!! i dont feel stupid any more

[ontologica]

How can you NOT see the girl with the umbrella? Seriously, who doesn't see it, I mean I understand that I'm supposed to be counting, but that makes me pay more attention to the surroundings, not less.

[nigagila]

this wud help if the PEOPLE WERENT FKING TRANSPARENT

[ilikepie4526]

actually, the girl distracted me from counting

[Nochediablo]

@ilikepie4526 Same here

[H0mefry]

they did it wrong. they should have had you watching the passes by the people in white to tune out all of the black... which is the color the lady was dressed in. retards.

[Dviljin665]

what a stupid fail...

[Weezyfan82]

I saw the Lady and the Moonwalking Bear, but did you see the Masterbating Dolphin?

[MadZombie14]

i counted right cuz i noticed everytime they passed a ball something makes a beeping noise

[joby613]

god damned annoying

[TheKlayDude78]

But did you see the ghosts?!?!?

[SummerGameProject]

I couldn't even count past 3. FUCK! Don't watch if you have a.d.d

[AlveinFencer]

Seriously all I saw were ghosts. I was kinda scared.

[flyingecko869]

@AlveinFencer yeah, that scared me too...

[andreas1sw]

the other thing is there's a beep every time the black team passes

[naccchoirstudy]

it might have worked a little better if the woman was in white. the point is to make the color inconspicuous by matching the team you need to ignore in order to focus on the ball movement of the black team.

[Purelife123454321]

I watched this one before the bear one, I noticed the lady with the umbrella the first time but on the bear one I didn't notice. Pretty sad when you should see it coming lol.

[photographingtime]

3 or 4 layers with video, and so what? Anyone with a cam can make this.

[PaperBuddy]

@photographingtime um i don't think that's the point of the experiment...

[RdSoxFan618]

I think those souls are in purgatory and a woman with an umbrella passed away and joined them.

[sirjohndsas]

I saw the lady but DID YOU SEE THE MOONWALKING BEAR!?

[kahlik123]

everytime the beep sound came is when the black shirts passed

[snakerman2612]

i did not fucking see it. unbelievable. anyways there's a beep everytime the black team passes the ball

[roseking900]

This one doesnt work as well due to the odd lighting, and the buzzer noise as the black team gets passes...

[DavidX7V]

I got it right :')

[mattshane]

I think there is something wrong with me. I counted the passes correctly and also noticed the woman with the umbrella. I must be autistic or something.

[HabboDrumsta]

i saw her. my peripheral vision was still counting the passes.

[MediaMisDirected]

stu[id waste

[TehSmellulare]

Either that place is haunted or god damn did I get ahold of somma the WRONG STUFF!

[peljok]

lol. got lost in 15 when the chick walk in :))

[Svampbw]

OMG I DIDENT SEE HER

[jennyramirez100]

this ones hella confusing aha the bear one is funnier

[mgluitz]

No. I also thought some scary picture was gonna show up at any moment. LoL

[frezz2006]

Was i the only one who was kinda scared, and was waiting for at scary picture :D

[ItsPolaroid]

While counting, I see the woman, and I was like "Move out of the way!" lol.

[TheDrowningDuck96]

i wasj ust all "hey, some hot chick with an umbrella" wait, wtf?

[GoingKAMANDo]

If it was towards the middle of the vid I'd miss it. But since it was getting close to the end I thought to myself, there's nothing in this vid or its a good one, then i noticed the woman.

[TheEnd1190]

There's no bear in the video...

Prove me wrong

[BloodiestMargie]

I couldn't pay attention because the people were clipping into one another, and I realized it was one set of people, filmed twice, and spliced over

[MrTotallycool123]

am i the only one who listened to the beeps and didnt even count?

[shind32]

@MrTotallycool123 lol i did too

[Deathbladez3000]

@MrTotallycool123 no, i did too, but u prob didnt read my comment b4...lol.

[Deathbladez3000]

did any of you guys hear beeps? the beeps were counting how many passes and thats what i paid attention to the first time i watched the whole vid.

[supermasterjoker]

CREEPY!

[troutfeather]

i couldn't keep count! the players were like ghosts, i just couldn't keep track of them >.<

[somuchlaughter77]

@troutfeather i know thats what i noticed too

[idk2say]

was the umbrella lady the lady who walked right through the court, and was saying the numbers?

[BerryScary16]

i saw the moonwalking bear and the lady with the umbrella... woot! =D

[tharemedybeats]

Lol thats messed up I watched the gorilla video first and seen that right away, then I watched this one and didnt see the woman with the umbrella until they showed it....

[1pharoah2]

thought it was bad luck to have an umbrella open inside???????

[Hikikomori013]

Sorry, I lost track when the hot babe wandered through.

[boardshopskater]

an angel walks right through, you can tell this is old, it doesnt work very well

[kookook2]

Lol I saw the woman but I thought she was passing the ball too, and ignored it. I didn't see the umbrella though lol. What surprises me is that she was black too lol.

[UjioSatashi]

i counted 20passes ignoring the 20 beeps.. dident see the women tho just as i dident see the bear the first time in the other vid

[SWIMNICK7]

Count the beeps. Each time it beeps they pass a ball. (20 times)

[BRDrag]

lol.. damn this is bad... after like 7 i just stoped, but i did see the woman the first time.. my attention was alerted immediately!!!

[Ruzty2009]

there wuz diz beep noise every time they passed dah ball so i counted dah beeps and tried to follow dah ball 2

[bobclean]

@Ruzty2009 Please try to speak English. Since when has "the" been spelt "dah"? Not clever.

[aponcecortess]

Were's the moonwalking bear ?

[amylalaz123]

the woman distracted me

[Korinra]

Is it bad that I had trouble counting the passes, much less didn't see the woman?

[zzLOVEGUNzz]

its like a room full of ghosts

[cimitsubika]

@zzLOVEGUNzz agreed....so much!

[ProffesorChaosesFile]

@zzLOVEGUNzz I know I asked the landlord and he said the apartment above me was empty but now i know what the hell is going on up there

[TheDannyAdventures]

@zzLOVEGUNzz they are all probably dead by now. this was made in the sixties. creepy!!

[Forgeth3Bulletz]

easy everytime there was that kinda cherpin sound the black shirted people passed am i wrong?

[Mv2599]

i saw it

[soh22]

I saw the woman with the umbrella. But only because the computer lagged. D: FUUUUUUUUUU-

[MrShotgunJake]

OH SHIT WHAT THE FUCK MAN MY BRAIN

[arontao]

actually the guys in black and in white are the same guys.... its just 2 different videos...

and i saw 21 passes and the girl

[assholeeins]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH a ghost !!!

[hangover71]

Eleventeen times.

[abriannac]

haha the bear was great

[jimmieleeclemmons]

copy and paste

2. send this to 2 other videos.

3. hold your breath for 10 seconds.

4. press refresh twice.

3. LOOK AT YOUR HANDS 2

[overthemoo]

In all these videos on YouTube, I follow the passes and see whatever passes by. I guess it's different for certain people?

[DarkwingScooter]

@overthemoo If you know its coming its easier, some people are better at certain tasks than others as well.

Some people are very good at counting sheep for example. But these abilities usually don't carry over significantly to other tasks. Try this one:

watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA

[Snodgers3rdclass]

wheres the bear

[Doeboy555]

yea this is just too confusing i lost track in the middle n saw a girl walk between

[darkswrd99]

I CANNOT FKING SEE THE BEAR OR WATEVER

[Sean1000130]

i acctually seen it first go:L.. moonwalking bear ftw!!

[YUBETUBER5647]

that was waaaaaaaaaaay fucking obvios

[AdamNW251]

The bear is the only one that has ever gotten me

[zackinsanity]

Heheehhe moonwalking bear owns this

[espaniola]

The videos are super-imposed over each other, that's why the players and the balls look like they pass through people.

[rachiiann0033]

I lost track after the first 2 passes! its too confusing! and Where the heck is the bear?!

[MrLILD3]

the moon walking bear 1

waz tight

[Mitraeltheprophet]

fuck.. i spotted the girl (i think because she was wearing black and i thought it was a member of the team..) but i counted 17 passes... i was confused by the fact that the players of the teams were able to pass through each other...

[ICodr]

Yeah, its useless to do it now once you know it. But still, its so true. And the bear one is better and has a point to it.

[BrianArroyo13]

i saw it but its coz i just saw the bear one

[DjMadTrack]

damnnnnnnnnnnnn i didnt saw her!!! :O

[tisty312]

where was the bear?

[jemokjemok]

yea but wtf, everything is see through... thats not fair

[ejsony08]

DID YOU SEE THE MOONWALKING BEAR??

[emogurl31797]

why was there a woman walking in the middle?

[rgomez14]

@emogurl31797 it's just a mental exercise to determine your level of focus in some aspects, even if u don't believe it many people don't see te woman cuz they are paying attention to the ball counting

[karakoschr]

Just count the # of beeps, that's when the black shirts pass the ball...

[klutterkicker]

I saw this trick in intro to psych with a guy dressed as a bear, and I was completely fooled. Here though, I tried to count but I kept getting thrown off focus because they're all transparent!

[minush56]

thats bad luck she had an open umbrella indoors

[HeavenlyH3R0]

i saw the woman first time

[chesterngiamzhenghao]

I heard someone counting at the background...

[chesterngiamzhenghao]

beep beep bepp a bomb?

[joekiser]

why are they invisible?

[4c00h]

what passes?.. i only saw the woman

[Vincenty90]

I got the 20 passes right.. o_o

[acekingspade]

wow that was lame i did see the woman

[gh3tt0mamii2009]

definately got bored with counting....then some chick walked out wit an unbrella....:/ wth

[CoolstorytroII]

FAIL

[vwxyz345]

i thought a bird was on her head it didnt look like an umbrella :)

[StreganonaCP]

JUST COUNT THE BEEPS

[CAPTINBURRITO]

how do u miss that! i nearly crapped myself

[evolkram]

does anyone understand this is for selective attention. all it's showing is how our brain processes what is important and what isn't important. 50% of the pop. will see the lady. and the other won't. it's not meant to measure intellect or how good your eyes are just showing how the human brain functions. i got 22 and missed her.

[Wyzenhu]

um it didn't work cuase I counted the black shirts and then I counted the women cuase she wears a black shirt and then I notice she dosen't have a basketball but an umbrella so I'm like wtf

[evolkram]

50% of the population doesn't see the woman. don't think your sweet.

[makmak1204]

i thought the lady has wings... :)

[bobbyjoejoeson]

wow i'v done these b4 and there good but this one was shit

[jensecool7]

i got 20 and saw the umbrella but didn´t think much out of it

[meyzeekbear7]

wow these r sooo easy