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SUMMARY:What do “Look but Fail to See” errors tell us about awareness 
 and/or consciousness - Professor Jeremy Wolfe (Harvard Medical School\, Br
 igham & Women's Hospital\, USA)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251211T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Look but Fail to See (LBFTS) errors are those errors where we 
 miss something that is ‘right in front of our eyes’\, even though it i
 s clearly visible and recognizable. Such errors can be amusing\, as when w
 e miss a gorilla in an inattentional blindness demo\; vexing\, as when we 
 miss a typo\; and serious\, as when a tumor is missed in a CT scan or a we
 apon is missed at the airport. I will discuss how the capacity limits and 
 operating rules of selective visual attention can give rise to LBFTS error
 s. LBFTS errors can also inform discussions about the awareness and/or con
 sciousness. They falsify naïve theories that would claim that we are full
 y aware of everything we are seeing at the current moment\, but we knew th
 at wasn’t true. They also falsify or\, at least\, complexify more intere
 sting theories that equate attention with awareness. Sadly\, I will not ha
 ve a neatly packaged theory of consciousness to offer. Perhaps that will e
 merge during the question-and-answer period.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Jeremy 
 Wolfe (Harvard Medical School\, Brigham & Women's Hospital\, USA)
LOCATION:Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building Sout
 h Parks Road\, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/  
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/a7a7d067-4733-436c-990a-2474ae516888/
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