Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Change Blindness
This phenomenon is quite interesting for several reasons, including the roll it plays in magic tricks, and con games.
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This phenomenon is quite interesting for several reasons, including the roll it plays in magic tricks, and con games.
When working in a medium sized office setting, you tend to share links with your co-workers, and then forget to show your other friends. This is a demonstration of what a recent study claims we spend 25% of our office time doing (while maintaining or even increasing productivity). Our managers, on the other hand, would call them "distractions".
This phenomenon is quite interesting for several reasons, including the roll it plays in magic tricks, and con games.
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