Concentration Challenge - Can you count the bounces?

Think you’re pretty switched on? Watch this quick video to put your concentration to the test!

Do we really see everything going on around us?

We may feel we do, but the reality is our conscious attention – the part of our brain that can focus and actively ‘think’ – is very limited.

Of all the information coming into our brain we can only pay attention to a fraction: less than 1%!

This is the cause of a phenomenon called ‘inattentional blindness’ - the ‘blind spots’ created by our brain’s limitations.

This means from time to time, we will miss things.

We may also overlook changes in our environment, even when they happen right in front of us!

This simple activity shows there’s a limit to what our brain can handle, and we need to think about what we focus on, especially at times of increased risk.

What blind spots do you need to be managing today?

[red-glrm]

Why does this man look like he’s holding back laughter? 😭

[NaThingSerious]

If this was my first time doing something like this, I’d probably only get the bounces, however after that gorilla one with the basketball, I’ve learnt to be more aware, especially with things like this, I got the correct number of bounces as well as every other change, including the smiley face ball in the first one which I don’t think you mentioned.

[recorpse]

on the first one I got the bounces, the face, the ball size, and background colour(however I only realised that I noticed the background colour and ball size change after being told, at the time I just noticed something odd and didn't think much of it). And on the second one I got the bounces, the ghost, and the background colour. BTW, did you notice the face in the first test? or that he didn't mention it? lol

[camilaindriago]

I knew I had to take the test when I read "counting the bounce" and I was like "ugh, too much work"

[naeo.am]

Tfw when you’re told you need to pay attention to a certain detail so you instead hyper-focus on it to the point of pure insanity and forget why you’re even doing this in the first place.

I stopped/spaced out at least four times while typing this comment and it took me more than two minutes to type. :)

[experienceexperte]

Counted everything, saw everything. That’s what you get for not using TikTok or short video format, thank God I did not fail such an easy test

[MasterTheTime_]

For the first challenge, I counted all 30 bounces, noticed the background change and saw the little smiley face, I did notice the octagon or hexagon shape and felt that it was weird, but didnt realize the balls changed shape until he told us

For the second challenge, I counted all 10 bounces, noticed the weird ghost ball, and the background change but had no idea the shaded area changes shaped

So is my brain weird and I am able to notice more stuff or is this an expected result, this is the second video like this if that matters

[cYMusic]

That is really cool. In the first one it was pretty easy but in the second I got the correct number but didn't notice everything listed, as my eyes were hard wired to the spot.

[DasherDash]

There is a trick for things like that. You don't look at details, but on the whole image. If you don't focus your eyes on a single point, but unfocus your eyes to see the whole image without too many details, you can easily spot all the things at the same time.

[drgrnUK]

I noticed the smiley face on round 1 but nothing else. Round 2 was much easier and I spotted all changes apart from the shape on the floor change. Both rounds I managed to count correctly.

[allusionss]

My formula for situations like these is like this:

First, train your peripheral vision. A good way to do this is by playing Tetris a lot and watching the "NEXT" queue in 1v1s since it forces both your brain to watch your queue and stack well enough according to your strategy and doing it all in a quick enough motion to not get 50 garbage lines sent to you.

Next, stare down the area that has a condition to add the counter by 1 each time the condition has been met. For the shaded area for example, stare down the shaded area and count how many balls fall in the area.

After that, use your peripheral vision to take note of surrounding environmental objects and occurrences while updating the counter every now and then.

Do it all in one swoop. It's like a fighter jet aircraft's radar but it updates a million-ish times per second.

[paulo_]

I counted correctly both times and noticed the change of colors, however I couldn't remember that the shapes changed but I think at the moment of counting the bounces, my brain noticed it and decided to forget about it to focus 100% on the bounces

[thunderstorm]

For the first challenge I counted all 30 bounces, saw a smiley face on one ball and noticed the shape change, but not the background color change.

For the first challenge I counted all 10 bounces, noticed a smiley face and background color change, but not the shaded area changing shape and the ghost appearing.

[ellahart]

I got 30 and then 10. I noticed the smiley faces, the background changes and the colour changes on the second round. I didn't see the ghost or the shaded area change though.

[LunnikaHoro]

Yep I count right, I see change of background, of shape, that the two balls are stopped for a while and a smile on the very left one.
Second round I miss the shape of shadow but I barely see the difference even if I try to look at it again. But I count right, see the background changes and the ghost in the right.

[mrgrouge]

It was pretty easy test for me, because I used to hyper-focus on something and don’t even notice my surroundings.

[vinegar.thesupremepreppy]

As someone who had ADHD and can’t focus, I see this as an absolute win.

[BrownP]

I'll be honest, the first challenge was simply too fast for my counting to keep up, and I ended up missing or skipping a few past around 15; I did notice everything but the shape change on both challenges though.

[icecubemaker]

I notices the background and I thought there was something weird with the circles, didn't see it tho. I got 30 points

[Fogmeister]

First challenge. Yes to all the things. Plus I saw the smiley face too.