In this episode we explore your brain's constant battle between attention and distraction by investigating all the ways you focus, from visual processing to mental filtering to prioritizing attention. So pay close attention: your life may depend on it!

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015.

Capturing Attention --(0:36) -- Introduction: Focus Pocus -- (0:43) -- Concentration at Football Game -- (2:16) -- Inattentional Blindness -- (1:56) -- Smooth Pursuit -- (1:22) -- Narrowing Attentional Spotlight -- (3:01) -- Hiding Deck -- (1:20) -- Interpretation and Vision -- (2:36) -- Peripheral Vision Experiment -- (4:48) -- Peripheral Vision Test -- (2:09) -- Continuity Errors -- (2:39) -- Card Trick -- (1:14) -- Credits: Focus Pocus -- (0:13).