Cognitive Psychology

• Leaky Filter Theory: Information in the unattended channel isn't completely blocked out. It is attenuated, much like when you turn the tv volume down to speak on the phone. The unattended information is attenuated after the sensory register, suggesting the location of the bottleneck is more flexible than Broadbent suggested.   

4) Visual Search Tasks:

Inattentional Blindness: Participants watched a video of people passing a basketball and were asked to count the number of passes (2 conditions). Many people did…