What will happen in a situation where a participant is asked to stare at one object (object A) , but focus his or her cognitive attention on another object (object B) that is immediately adjacent to object A?

A) The participants will be unaware of any changes that took place in object A or object B
B) The participants will be unaware of any changes that took place in object B, even though they were attending to object B.
C) The participants will be unaware of any changes that took place in object A, even though they were looking directly at object A.
D) The participants will notice any changes that took place in either object A or object B.

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Shreya Kanjariya · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  This phenomenon is called inattentional blindness, where participants are so focused on attending to one object (Object B) that they fail to notice any changes in another object (Object A) that is in close proximity to it. Therefore, the participants will be unaware of any changes that took place in object A, even though they were looking directly at object A.

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