The "Attentional Blink" Test

Your eye blinks for just a moment each time your brain gulps in new data, creating a split-second "gap" in conscious processing. See if you can bridge the gap in this simple perception test.

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Education

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• perception
• test
• psychology
• vision

[Fynnmark]

This has nothing to do with your EYES! And no. Because someone studies biology this does not mean that you are able to compensate for this. And the effect is strongest at 500 ms.

[rockkybox]

It's not your eye blinking, It's your brain blinking

[ypperlig89]

They sped up the time showing the C.

[LunitRubberbandMan]

@Iamisfp have the same result haha

[Iamisfp]

I can see both, But i seem to miss the left hand side of the c (basically seeing its after image almost) probably because I tend to stare a bit to the right

[kidbadbones]

what program did you use to make this. i have to do attentional blink for my psychology class

[AlephNeil]

I find it hard to spot the C at all! Seems to be on screen for even less time than the other letters.

[eraserdxl]

Interesting. When I was looking for the R I did not see the C. When I did it again and looked for the C I saw the R before it like there was a brain buffer or something. Cool.

My roommate saw both the R and C the first go around.

[KoNfLiiCkTxX]

saw both but c was after x

[TheMarga83]

this test is not fast enough, the RSVP should be much faster...at least 100 ms, it's for that we can notice both letters.

the blindness occurs between 150 and 450 ms, if the letters are presented slower or faster of this range there is not attentional blink