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In an experiment testing this faculty, the anterior cingulate cortex’s activation led to a Gratton effect. Fish facing either left or right are featured in a test of a form of this faculty by Barbara and Charles Eriksen. It’s not hearing, but Colin Cherry defined an effect of this faculty by conducting dichotic listening experiments. (-5[1])Changes in this faculty can result in an orientation mechanism called “inhibition of return.” According to theories by Broadbent and Treisman, a variant of this faculty results from a “bottleneck filter.” (-5[1])The “selective” form of this faculty is the subject of the cocktail party effect. A video that tests this faculty (-5[1])depicts people passing basketballs (-5[1])as a gorilla walks between them. For 10 points, name this faculty that names a common deficit disorder (10[1])abbreviated ADHD. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: attention [accept attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; accept selective attention; prompt on ADD or ADHD until “ADHD” is read by asking “what faculty is impaired in that disorder?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DBruin A54-5
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A85-5
Alex WyrickTennessee AVanderbilt A105-5
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AAlabama A109-5
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt ATennessee A12710
Britton WebsterAlabama ALouisville A13010
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C13010
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech D13010

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
California2025-02-013100%33%85.00
Florida2025-02-013100%33%86.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-016100%50%101.50
Midwest2025-02-016100%33%92.50
North2025-02-013100%67%116.67
Northeast2025-02-015100%40%107.00
Overflow2025-02-015100%40%97.80
South Central2025-02-012100%0%85.50
Southeast2025-02-014100%100%129.25
UK2025-02-0110100%60%109.80
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-018100%50%107.13
Upstate NY2025-02-013100%33%109.33