inattentional deafness 疏忽性耳聋

Have you ever been ignored when trying to talk to someone playing a video game? Or missed your train stop because you didn't hear the announcer when you were checking your phone? 

你是否有过在某人玩游戏时试图跟ta讲话但被忽略的经历？或者有没有在玩手机时没能听到报站声而坐过站的经历？

Scientists refer to this experience as inattentional deafness - our natural tendency to fail to notice sounds when our mind is focused elsewhere - and it's common in our daily lives. 

科学家将这种现象称为疏忽性耳聋——当我们大脑的注意力集中在别的东西上时，我们天生倾向于忽略其它声音的存在。在我们的日常生活中，这种现象很常见。

The researchers believe this shows that humans' sense of hearing and vision relies on the same neural resources, which are limited and may only be available to one type of task at a time.

研究人员们认为，这表明人类的听觉和视觉依靠相同的神经资源进行处理，神经资源有限，也许一次只能完成一种任务。