As you focus on your cell phone conversation while driving, you miss the road sign where you needed to make a turn and drive 20 miles out of the way. This is an example of
a. psychokinesis.
b. inattentional blindness.
c. retinal disparity.
d. an apparent-distance illusion.
ANSWER: b
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