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 neural¹ 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。