Welcome to the next installment of Paying Attention to Attention, the video-mostly portion of the “John Medina’s Brain Rules” substack. This entry discusses how the brain selectively filters information as it attempts to pay attention to the world. We begin with American football, highlighting the types of questions medical professionals ask players if they suspect a concussion has occurred.
As ever, there are both uncaptioned and captioned (cc) versions of this video.
Here are some references for Entry 057:
REFERENCES
Maddocks DL, Dicker GD, Saling MM. The assessment of orientation following concussion in athletes. Clin J Sport Med 5, no.1 (1995): 32-35.
Wimmer, R.D. et al "Thalamic Control of Sensory Selection in Divided Attention." Nature 526, no. 7575 (2015): 705-09.
Good stuff John! And, as always, so well presented.