Inattentional Blindness

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconmissing the obvious
Executive Parlanceattention failure
Scholarly Discourseperceptual blindness
Babel ZenithInattentional Blindness
Origin: Cognitive Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Failing to notice unexpected things when focused elsewhere.

In the Boardroom

Missing the gorilla because you're counting passes.

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