The point of this study is that if you’re told there’s a race condition in the code, you are much more likely to miss a big security hole in it.
https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/1...
> For over 50 years, the satisfaction of search effect has been studied within the field of radiology. Defined as a decrease in detection rates for a subsequent target when an initial target is found within the image, these multiple target errors are known to underlie errors of omission (e.g., a radiologist is more likely to miss an abnormality if another abnormality is identified). More recently, they have also been found to underlie lab-based search errors in cognitive science experiments (e.g., an observer is more likely to miss a target ‘T’ if a different target ‘T’ was detected). This phenomenon was renamed the subsequent search miss (SSM) effect in cognitive science.
The point is, an image of a gorilla is literally completely impossible and has no relevance. That’s why a security vuln is not analogous
There's a risk to "rule out pneumonia" style guidance resulting in a report that misses these things in favor of "yep, it's pneumonia".