Inattention is a hallmark of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, some evidence suggests that those with the condition may actually be better at noticing unexpected visual stimuli ...

A nurse pulls a vial of heparin from an automated dispensing cabinet (ADC). She reads the label, prepares the medication, and administers it intravenously to an infant. The infant receives heparin in ...

Here, I've got a quick task for you. Assuming aces are worth 11, quickly double the value of each card below and add them up. The answer is 50, right? Well, yes but that's not the point. The point is ...

'Inattentional smell blindness,' or inattentional anosmia, has been proven to exist. Just as it has previously been found that people can miss visual cues when they are busily engaged in a task, the ...

Even experienced radiologists, when looking for one abnormality, can completely miss another. The results show that inattentional blindness can befall even experts. There's a classic video ...

After further review…Inattentional Blindness. Huh? What’s that and what does it have to do with sports? This theory is as old as Houdini himself. We’ve all closely watched magicians perform their ...