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Spot the gorilla

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Shadan, S. Spot the gorilla. Nature 500, 36 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/500036a

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  1. I did not spot the gorilla! Was concentrating on the heart and nodules. (Alabama MD.)

  2. I found the gorilla! Hooray! The problem for people who don't spot it &#8211 I don't know how long they had &#8211 is that no des criptors are given for the gorilla image except its relative size. It's like police warning the public there's a criminal suspect running around, but don't include any info about the suspect's appearance; they know we know it's a human being. One wonders if there's any variation in spotting success related to people's psychological variations such as doggedness, or whether they are hunters or birders, etc.

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