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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
your brain cannot focus conscious attention on more than one thing at once. Ask any illusionist/magician or pickpocket 
your brain tends to bounce back and forth quickly in a fleeting manner between things but cannot focus conscious attention on more than one thing which is why I can bump into you, point up in the sky yelling "oh my god, is that a spaceship?!?!?!" as put my hand in your pocket and take your wallet without you being aware of it. As long as your conscious attention is focused on something, someone can touch you, grope you etc and it will never rise to your attention in that moment. This is how a watch can be removed from your wrist without you knowing it or feeling it in the moment. |
Actually, to be a total anal retentive nerd, what you are really talking about are "pattern interrupts". When you interrupt a pattern it's hard for the human brain to focus on two things at once. It goes into defense mode. Distraction is a kind of mild shock. When people are in shock they are most compliant. Ever have a conversation then someone interrupts with a totally different topic then you cannot remember what you were just talking about? Like that. They interrupted your pattern (conversation).
The average human mind can generally "focus" on seven, plus or minus two, things at once (7 +or- 2). Try naming brands of cigarettes or sports cars. By the time you get to five, or seven, or nine (if you're really smart), you begin to forget the first couple you listed.
NLP is so fascinating!