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selective attention test
Daniel Simons · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2011–2025).
About this video
“selective attention test” is catalogued as a demo from Daniel Simons. Its recorded topics are Psychology & human behavior, Magic, puzzles & curiosities, and Neuroscience & the brain, with tags such as inattentional blindness, invisible gorilla, perception, and psychology. These labels offer a subject map for the video; they do not provide a transcript or establish details beyond the public export. This guide uses catalog metadata and Hacker News stance counts rather than repeating the source summary.
Audience fit: people exploring Psychology & human behavior, Magic, puzzles & curiosities, and Neuroscience & the brain may find it relevant. The source classifies its format as demo and its level as general; those labels describe catalog intent, not guaranteed prerequisites or a specific teaching style. Review the video itself for details before using it as a reference.
Discussion snapshot: the export records 20 comments from 3 distinct recommenders over 3 months between 2011 and 2025. Its 20 available labels count 16 contextual references, 2 recommendations, 1 strong recommendation, 0 critical mentions, and 1 joke. Most recorded mentions use the video as context for another discussion. No mention in this snapshot is classified as critical. This describes the available labels and should not be read as proof of unanimous agreement. These counts describe roles assigned to comments; they do not measure factual correctness or video quality. Each Hacker News item below links to its source comment for the full exchange.
Recorded details: the source lists Daniel Simons as the channel or speaker. Runtime is not included in this export. A verified YouTube publication date is not included. The first and last years above refer to Hacker News mentions, not the video's release year. No duration or release year has been guessed.
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- Daniel Simons
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- Hacker News mention years
- 2011–2025
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
These concise summaries are generated from real comment text, thread titles, and stance labels. They do not reproduce comment wording; the original comment stays on Hacker News.
The commenter uses the video as context in “How Tesla is proving doubters right on why its robotaxi service cannot scale”, connecting it with data, cheers, cloud, and concurrently.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Are LLMs able to notice the “gorilla in the data”?”, connecting it with case, classic, errors, and general.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving behavior: lawsuit”, connecting it with attention, selective, basketball, and break.