Lan has no idea what she just read in her text because she was thinking about how hungry she is and what she is going to have for dinner.This is a real-world example of
A)the late-selection model of attention.
B)an object-based attentional failure.
C)inattentional blindness.
D)the cocktail party phenomenon.

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Inattentional blindness is the inability to notice unexpected events or stimuli when attention is focused on a different task or stimuli. In this scenario, Lan's attention was focused on her hunger and dinner plans, causing her to be unaware of the information in her text message.

Lan Has No Idea What She Just Read in Her