Our brains often fail to notice key words that can change the whole meaning of a sentence

Our brains often fail to notice key words that can change the whole meaning of a sentence: After a plane crash, where should the survivors be buried? If you are considering where the most appropriate burial place should be, you are not alone. Scientists have found that around half the people asked this question, answer it as if they were being asked about the victims not the survivors. Far from processing every word we read or hear, our brains often do not even notice key words that can change the whole meaning of a sentence, according to new research.