You Are in an Arena Watching a Hockey Game

Multiple Choice

You are in an arena watching a hockey game. In the third period you ask the person sitting next to you if they know how much time is left. They laugh at you before pointing at a giant clock that had been in front of you the whole game. What can help explain the fact that you missed something that seems so obvious?

A) shadowing
B) inattentional blindness
C) bottom-up processing
D) monocular depth cues
E) binocular depth cues