Interessant sak – som vanlig – over på Cognitive Daily. The human perceptual system is able to enforce a large array of illusions on our conscious experience. Most importantly, we hold the illusion of a complete and vivid picture of our surroundings, while in fact we selectively ignore nearly everything we see. There’s a good […]

Interessant sak – som vanlig – over på Cognitive Daily.

The human perceptual system is able to enforce a large array of illusions on our conscious experience. Most importantly, we hold the illusion of a complete and vivid picture of our surroundings, while in fact we selectively ignore nearly everything we see.

There’s a good reason for this, of course: focusing on the task at hand generally consumes nearly all of the processing power our brains have to offer. If we need to shift our focus to another aspect of our surroundings, we can do it nearly instantaneously. But how do we decide which items to pay attention to?

Denne gangen handler det om forskjellen på priming og intensjon.

So how do you find out if priming or intention is a more important factor in what we pay attention to? The first thing is to create a task that maxes out your multi-tasking ability.

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