Observation

[vonhosen]

On the link there is a video.
There are two teams consisting of three players each.
One team in white shirts & one in black.
Each have a basketball.
Count how many times in the clip, that the WHITE team pass the ball from one player's hands to another player's hands. It doesn't count if during the pass the ball touches the ground (only hand to hand).


http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html

[_Neal_]

Watched it once - 12?

Watched it again -

Edited by _Neal_ on Monday 1st October 16:08

[R_U_LOCAL]

Does he play the drums, too?

[_Neal_]

Interesting website - what's the relevance to advanced driving?

You pay peanuts to the IAM and you get monkeys?

[vonhosen]

It an exercise in showing how the brain deals with information & it's limitations. The effect in this can be seen as a positive for some circumstances, but also highlights that there are also obviously dangers in it.

[_Neal_]

E.g. lack of attentiveness when trying to follow tricky road signs etc, due to focus being diverted from the pure "driving" part of the exercise?

I guess being distracted by attractive members of the opposite sex (or the same sex, whatever floats your boat) whilst driving falls into a different category?

[R_U_LOCAL]

_Neal_ said:

E.g. lack of attentiveness when trying to follow tricky road signs etc, due to focus being diverted from the pure "driving" part of the exercise?

I guess being distracted by attractive members of the opposite sex (or the same sex, whatever floats your boat) whilst driving falls into a different category?

You've not watched it properly, have you?

[welsh blackbird]

_Neal_ said:

You pay peanuts to the IAM and you get monkeys?

What does this mean? I passed my IAM test yesterday - have I wasted my time?

[vonhosen]

welsh blackbird said:

_Neal_ said:

You pay peanuts to the IAM and you get monkeys?

What does this mean? I passed my IAM test yesterday - have I wasted my time?

Did you count the passes ?

[_Neal_]

welsh blackbird said:

_Neal_ said:

You pay peanuts to the IAM and you get monkeys?

What does this mean? I passed my IAM test yesterday - have I wasted my time?

Tongue in cheek mate - I've just qualified as an observer for them. Count the passes to see my (weak) joke

[Yung Man]

Watched it once, was it 10?.

[Yung Man]

Yung Man said:

Watched it once, was it 10?.

Watched it again, it was 12.

[vonhosen]

Yung Man

Watch it again but don't bother concentrating on the ball & counting.

Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 20th October 20:09

[Yung Man]

vonhosen said:

Yung Man

Watch it again but don't bother concentrating on the ball & counting.

Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 20th October 20:09

I suppose you think thats funny


It is (very funny)

[madbadger]

Very good.

[SirSimon]

what was the answer then? i got 15......

[vonhosen]

It doesn't matter, all that matters is watching it again afterwards, without concentrating on the ball this time.

Edited by vonhosen on Monday 22 October 06:58

[Einion Yrth]

Relevance to driving observations I would guess, is that it demonstrates that the human brain has a tendency to see what it is looking for, and only what it is looking for. Hence 'Think Bike!' etc.

[Glassman]

13

[GreenV8S]

Einion Yrth said:

Relevance to driving observations I would guess, is that it demonstrates that the human brain has a tendency to see what it is looking for, and only what it is looking for. Hence 'Think Bike!' etc.

Hence 'think speed cameras' at the expense of kids hiding behind parked cars.