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        And now for something completely different : inattentional blindness during a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch

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        Wiseman, Richard
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        2299/16783
        Abstract
        Perceptual science has frequently benefited from studying illusions created outside of academia. Here, we describe a striking, but little-known, example of inattentional blindness from the British comedy series “Monty Python's Flying Circus.” Viewers fail to attend to several highly incongruous characters in the sketch, despite these characters being clearly visible onscreen. The sketch has the potential to be a valuable research and teaching resource, as well as providing a vivid illustration of how people often fail to see something completely different
        Publication date
        2015-02-01
        Published in
        i-Perception
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1068/i0706sas
        License
        http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16783
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        School of Life and Medical Sciences
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