Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit: “Beyond the Con­tro­versy: Defin­ing ‘Brain Train­ing’ and Its Appli­ca­tions”

Ed. Note: we are live blogging selected sessions of this year’s SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Retooling Brain Health for the 21st Century. 2:05 PM: The session has wrapped up. We’ll be back tomorrow for one more session, “From Lab to Marketplace: How Science Reaches Users” at 8:30 AM. 2:02 PM: Dr. Wilson introduces Sophia Vinogradov, who [...]

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Posted March 31, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Neuroscience

What do Gorillas Have to do with Multitasking?

If you have taken a college psychology course in the last 10 years or so, you may have seen this video of a selective attention task from Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. Watch the video before reading on.

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Posted September 22, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Neuroscience